SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2012
Commission File Number: 1-1927
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
34-0253240
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
44316-0001
(Zip Code)
(330) 796-2121
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes  þ 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes þ 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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company o
 
 
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Number of Shares of Common Stock,
Without Par Value, Outstanding at June 30, 2012:
 
244,728,951
 






TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EX-10.1
 
EX-10.2
 
EX-10.3
 
EX-10.4
 
EX-10.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions, except per share amounts)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Net Sales
$
5,150

 
$
5,620

 
$
10,683

 
$
11,022

Cost of Goods Sold
4,141

 
4,572

 
8,748

 
9,033

Selling, Administrative and General Expense
697

 
753

 
1,359

 
1,421

Rationalizations (Note 2)
26

 
46

 
41

 
55

Interest Expense
83

 
81

 
184

 
155

Other Expense (Note 3)
37

 
48

 
129

 
52

Income before Income Taxes
166

 
120

 
222

 
306

United States and Foreign Taxes (Note 4)
63

 
64

 
111

 
126

Net Income
103

 
56

 
111

 
180

Less: Minority Shareholders’ Net Income
11

 
9

 
23

 
30

Goodyear Net Income
92

 
47

 
88

 
150

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends
7

 
7

 
15

 
7

Goodyear Net Income available to Common Shareholders
$
85

 
$
40

 
$
73

 
$
143

Goodyear Net Income available to Common Shareholders — Per Share of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.35

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.58

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Note 5)
245

 
244

 
244

 
244

Diluted
$
0.33

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.57

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Note 5)
281

 
247

 
246

 
262

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Net Income
$
103

 
$
56

 
$
111

 
$
180

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($(1) and $0 in 2011)
(124
)
 
53

 
(21
)
 
147

Defined benefit plans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost, net of tax of $2 and $4 in 2012 ($(1) and $2 in 2011)
51

 
43

 
106

 
83

Decrease in net actuarial losses, net of tax of $7 and $7 in 2012 ($1 and $1 in 2011)
27

 
1

 
25

 
4

Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements, and divestitures, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($1 and $1 in 2011)

 
13

 

 
13

Prior service cost from plan amendments, net of tax of $(2) and $(2) in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
(4
)
 

 
(4
)
 

Deferred derivative gains (losses), net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
10

 
(5
)
 
2

 
(14
)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income, net of tax of $(2) and $(2) in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
(1
)
 
2

 
(2
)
 
2

Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
(2
)
 
6

 
3

 
5

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(43
)
 
113

 
109

 
240

Comprehensive Income
60

 
169

 
220

 
420

Less: Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Minority Shareholders
(24
)
 
20

 
16

 
79

Goodyear Comprehensive Income
$
84

 
$
149

 
$
204

 
$
341

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)
June 30,
 
December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
Assets:
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
2,156

 
$
2,772

Accounts Receivable, less Allowance — $97 ($97 in 2011)
3,174

 
2,849

Inventories:
 
 
 
Raw Materials
904

 
937

Work in Process
188

 
186

Finished Products
2,848

 
2,733

 
3,940

 
3,856

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
379

 
335

Total Current Assets
9,649

 
9,812

Goodwill
644

 
654

Intangible Assets
154

 
157

Deferred Income Taxes
138

 
145

Other Assets
517

 
486

Property, Plant and Equipment, less Accumulated Depreciation — $8,692 ($8,629 in 2011)
6,499

 
6,375

Total Assets
$
17,601

 
$
17,629

 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts Payable-Trade
$
3,324

 
$
3,668

Compensation and Benefits (Notes 9 and 10)
719

 
799

Other Current Liabilities
1,102

 
1,050

Notes Payable and Overdrafts (Note 7)
168

 
256

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases due Within One Year (Note 7)
107

 
156

Total Current Liabilities
5,420

 
5,929

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases (Note 7)
5,395

 
4,789

Compensation and Benefits (Notes 9 and 10)
3,732

 
4,002

Deferred and Other Noncurrent Income Taxes
244

 
244

Other Long Term Liabilities
998

 
1,041

Total Liabilities
15,789

 
16,005

 
 
 
 
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 11)

 

 
 
 
 
Minority Shareholders’ Equity (Note 1)
602

 
607

 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
Preferred Stock, no par value: (Note 12)
 
 
 
Authorized, 50 million shares, Outstanding shares — 10 million (10 million in 2011), liquidation preference $50 per share
500

 
500

Common Stock, no par value:
 
 
 
Authorized, 450 million shares, Outstanding shares —245 million (245 million in 2011) after deducting 6 million treasury shares (6 million in 2011)
245

 
245

Capital Surplus
2,812

 
2,808

Retained Earnings
1,260

 
1,187

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
(3,870
)
 
(3,991
)
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity
947

 
749

Minority Shareholders’ Equity — Nonredeemable
263

 
268

Total Shareholders’ Equity
1,210

 
1,017

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
$
17,601

 
$
17,629

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

(In millions)
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
2012
 
2011
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
 
 
 
Net Income
$
111

 
$
180

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
337

 
374

Amortization and write-off of debt issuance costs
60

 
24

Net rationalization charges (Note 2)
41

 
55

Net gains on asset sales (Note 3)
(17
)
 
(13
)
Pension contributions and direct payments
(227
)
 
(106
)
Rationalization payments
(48
)
 
(26
)
Customer prepayments and government grants
51

 
14

Insurance proceeds
39

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of asset acquisitions and dispositions:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(377
)
 
(701
)
Inventories
(116
)
 
(960
)
Accounts payable — trade
(275
)
 
405

Compensation and benefits
15

 
166

Other current liabilities
5

 
(28
)
Other assets and liabilities
(50
)
 
(53
)
Total Cash Flows from Operating Activities
(451
)
 
(669
)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(490
)
 
(532
)
Asset dispositions (Note 3)
9

 
100

Increase in restricted cash
(18
)
 
(51
)
Other transactions
(13
)
 

Total Cash Flows from Investing Activities
(512
)
 
(483
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
 
 
 
Short term debt and overdrafts incurred
34

 
64

Short term debt and overdrafts paid
(42
)
 
(54
)
Long term debt incurred
2,266

 
1,890

Long term debt paid
(1,810
)
 
(1,432
)
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock (Note 12)

 
485

Preferred stock dividends paid (Note 12)
(15
)
 

Common stock issued (Note 10)

 
7

Transactions with minority interests in subsidiaries
(27
)
 
(14
)
Debt related costs and other transactions
(63
)
 
(19
)
Total Cash Flows from Financing Activities
343

 
927

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
4

 
24

Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
(616
)
 
(201
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of the Period
2,772

 
2,005

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of the Period
$
2,156

 
$
1,804

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company,” “Goodyear,” “we,” “us” or “our”) in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations and in the opinion of management contain all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “ 2011 Form 10-K”).
We are a party to shareholder agreements concerning certain of our less-than-wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Under the terms of certain of these agreements, the minority shareholders have the right to require us to purchase their ownership interests in the respective subsidiaries if there is a change in control of Goodyear or a bankruptcy of Goodyear. Accordingly, we have reported the minority equity in those subsidiaries outside of Shareholders’ Equity.
Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected in subsequent quarters or for the year ending December 31, 2012 .
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standards update requiring new disclosures about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either offset by or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The standards update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard on our consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, the FASB issued an accounting standards update with new guidance on annual impairment testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets. The standards update allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If based on its qualitative assessment an entity concludes it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount, quantitative impairment testing is required. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, quantitative impairment testing is not required. The standards update is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
Effective January 1, 2012, we adopted an accounting standards update with new guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. This standard provides guidance on the application of fair value accounting where it is already required or permitted by other standards. This standard also requires additional disclosures related to transfers of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy and quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to significant unobservable inputs. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Effective January 1, 2012, we adopted accounting standards updates with guidance on the presentation of other comprehensive income. These standards require an entity to either present components of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. Accordingly, we have presented net income and other comprehensive income in two consecutive statements.
Reclassifications and Adjustments
Certain items previously reported in specific financial statement captions have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. In the first quarter of 2012 , we recorded an out of period adjustment of $13 million of additional interest expense to correct capitalized interest recorded in prior periods.


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 2. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RATIONALIZATION PROGRAMS
In order to maintain our global competitiveness, we have implemented rationalization actions over the past several years to reduce high-cost manufacturing capacity and associate headcount. The net rationalization charges included in Income before Income Taxes are as follows:

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
New charges
$
27

 
$
46

 
$
43

 
$
57

Reversals
(1
)
 

 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
$
26

 
$
46

 
$
41

 
$
55


The following table shows the roll-forward of our liability between periods:

 
Associate-
 
Other
 
 
(In millions)
Related Costs
 
Costs
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2011
$
166

 
$
18

 
$
184

2012 Charges
23

 
20

 
43

Incurred
(34
)
 
(16
)
 
(50
)
Reversed to the statement of operations
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Balance at June 30, 2012
$
154

 
$
21

 
$
175


During the second quarter of 2012 , net rationalization charges of $26 million were recorded. New charges of $27 million were comprised of $11 million for plans initiated in 2012 , consisting of $6 million of associate severance costs and $5 million for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, and $16 million for plans initiated in prior years, consisting of $10 million of associate severance and other related costs and $6 million of other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, mainly due to the July 2011 closure of our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility. Substantially all of the new charges relate to future cash outflows. The net charges in 2012 also included the reversal of $1 million of charges for actions no longer needed for their originally intended purposes.
During the first six months of 2012 , net rationalization charges of $41 million were recorded. New charges of $43 million were comprised of $18 million for plans initiated in 2012 , consisting of $11 million of associate severance costs and $7 million for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, and $25 million for plans initiated in prior years, consisting of $11 million of associate severance and other related costs and $14 million of other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, mainly due to the July 2011 closure of our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility. Substantially all of the new charges relate to future cash outflows. The net charges in the first six months of 2012 also included the reversal of $2 million of charges for actions no longer needed for their originally intended purposes. Approximately 700 associates will be released under 2012 plans, of which approximately 300 associates have been released as of June 30, 2012.
In the first six months of 2012 , $34 million was incurred for associate severance payments, including a favorable impact of $3 million of foreign currency translation, and $16 million was incurred for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs.
The accrual balance of $175 million at June 30, 2012 consists of $154 million for associate severance costs that are expected to be substantially utilized within the next 12 months and $21 million primarily for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs. At June 30, 2012 , $94 million and $32 million , respectively, of the accrual balance relates to plans associated with the announced discontinuation of consumer tire production at one of our facilities in Amiens, France and the closure of our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility.
Accelerated depreciation charges of $4 million and $6 million were recorded in cost of goods sold (“CGS”) in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , respectively, and were related primarily to property and equipment in our Dalian, China manufacturing facility.
In the second quarter of 2011 , net rationalization charges of $46 million were recorded. New charges of $46 million were comprised of $11 million for plans initiated in 2011 , consisting of $10 million of associate severance costs and $1 million for other exit and

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


non-cancelable lease costs, and $35 million for plans initiated in prior years, consisting of $29 million for associate severance costs and $6 million for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs. Substantially all of these charges related to future cash outflows.
For the first six months of 2011 , net rationalization charges of $55 million were recorded. New charges of $57 million were comprised of $12 million for plans initiated in 2011 , consisting of $11 million of associate severance costs and $1 million for other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, and $45 million for plans initiated in prior years, consisting of $30 million for associate severance costs and $15 million of other exit and non-cancelable lease costs, mainly due to the July 2011 closure of our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility. Substantially all of these charges related to future cash outflows. The net charges in the first six months of 2011 also included the reversal of $2 million of charges for actions no longer needed for their originally intended purposes. Approximately 500 associates will be released under plans initiated in 2011 , of which approximately 200 associates have been released as of June 30, 2012 . In addition, there are approximately 900 associates to be released under prior year plans, primarily related to the discontinuation of consumer tire production at one of our facilities in Amiens, France.
Asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation charges of $25 million and $34 million were recorded in CGS in the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 , respectively, and were primarily related to property and equipment in our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility.


NOTE 3. OTHER (INCOME) AND EXPENSE
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions) (Income) Expense
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Financing fees and financial instruments
$
34

 
$
63

 
$
129

 
$
72

Net foreign currency exchange losses
6

 
6

 
17

 
9

Royalty income
(10
)
 
(11
)
 
(19
)
 
(20
)
Interest income
(4
)
 
(3
)
 
(8
)
 
(6
)
Net gains on asset sales
(13
)
 
(11
)
 
(17
)
 
(13
)
General and product liability — discontinued products

 
3

 
2

 
8

Miscellaneous
24

 
1

 
25

 
2

 
$
37

 
$
48

 
$
129

 
$
52


Financing fees were $34 million in the second quarter of 2012 , compared to $63 million in the second quarter of 2011 . The second quarter of 2012 included $24 million of debt issuance costs primarily related to the amendment and restatement of our U.S. second lien term loan facility. The second quarter of 2011 included $53 million of charges related to the redemption of $350 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016 , of which $37 million related to cash premiums paid on the redemption and $16 million related to the write-off of deferred financing fees and unamortized discount. Financing fees were $129 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to $72 million in the first six months of 2011 . Financing fees in 2012 also included $86 million of first quarter charges related to the redemption of $650 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016 , of which $59 million related to cash premiums paid on the redemption and $27 million related to the write-off of unamortized discount and deferred financing fees. Financing fees in 2011 included the previously mentioned second quarter charges. Financing fees and financial instruments consists of the amortization of deferred financing fees, commitment fees and other charges incurred in connection with financing transactions.
Net foreign currency exchange losses were $6 million in the second quarter of 2012 and the second quarter of 2011 . Foreign currency exchange losses in the first six months of 2012 were $17 million , compared to $9 million in the first six months of 2011 . Foreign currency exchange in all periods reflects net gains and losses resulting from the effect of exchange rate changes on various foreign currency transactions worldwide.

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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


Net gains on asset sales were $13 million in the second quarter of 2012, compared to net gains on asset sales of $11 million in the second quarter of 2011. Net gains on asset sales were $17 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to net gains on asset sales of $13 million in the first six months of 2011 . Net gains on asset sales in 2012 included second quarter gains on the sale of a minority interest in a retail business in Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire ("EMEA") and the sale of certain assets related to our bias truck tire business in Latin American Tire, and a first quarter gain on the sale of property in North American Tire. Net gains on asset sales in 2011 included second quarter gains on the sale of the farm tire business in Latin American Tire and the recognition of a deferred gain from the sale of property in North American Tire.
General and product liability — discontinued products includes charges for claims against us related primarily to asbestos personal injury claims, net of probable insurance recoveries. We recorded $2 million and $6 million of expense related to asbestos claims in the second quarter 2012 and 2011 , respectively. In addition, we recorded $2 million and $3 million of income related to probable insurance recoveries in the second quarter of 2012 and 2011 , respectively. We recorded $6 million and $11 million of expense related to asbestos claims in the first six months of 2012 and 2011 , respectively. In addition, we recorded $4 million and $5 million of income related to probable insurance recoveries in the first six months of 2012 and 2011 , respectively.
Royalty income is derived primarily from licensing arrangements related to divested businesses. Interest income consists primarily of amounts earned on cash deposits. Miscellaneous in 2012 includes a second quarter charge of $20 million related to labor claims in EMEA.

NOTE 4. INCOME TAXES
In the second quarter of 2012 , we recorded tax expense of $63 million on income before income taxes of $166 million . For the first six months of 2012 , we recorded tax expense of $111 million on income before income taxes of $222 million . Income tax expense for the first six months of 2012 was unfavorably impacted by $6 million due primarily to the settlement of prior tax years. We record taxes based on overall estimated annual effective tax rates. The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate was primarily attributable to continuing to maintain a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets in certain international subsidiaries.
In the second quarter of 2011 , we recorded tax expense of $64 million on income before income taxes of $120 million . For the first six months of 2011 , we recorded tax expense of $126 million on income before income taxes of $306 million . Income tax expense for the first six months of 2011 was unfavorably impacted by $18 million due primarily to the settlement of prior tax years and to increased tax reserves as a result of negative tax court rulings in a foreign jurisdiction.
At January 1, 2012 , we had unrecognized tax benefits of $90 million that, if recognized, would have a favorable impact on our tax expense of $84 million . We had accrued interest of $24 million as of January 1, 2012 . If not favorably settled, $23 million of the unrecognized tax benefits and all of the accrued interest would require the use of our cash. It is reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits may change during the next 12 months. However, we do not expect changes during the next 12 months to have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.
Generally, years beginning after 2006 are still open to examination by foreign taxing authorities, including in Germany. In the United States, we are open to examination for 2011.


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 5. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share are computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share are calculated to reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts were exercised or converted into common stock.
Basic and diluted earnings per common share are calculated as follows:

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions, except per share amounts)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Earnings per share — basic:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodyear net income
$
92

 
$
47

 
$
88

 
$
150

Less: Preferred stock dividends
7

 
7

 
15

 
7

Goodyear net income available to common shareholders
$
85

 
$
40

 
$
73

 
$
143

Weighted average shares outstanding
245

 
244

 
244

 
244

Earnings per common share — basic
$
0.35

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.58

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share — diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodyear net income
$
92

 
$
47

 
$
88

 
$
150

Less: Preferred stock dividends

 
7

 
15

 

Goodyear net income available to common shareholders
$
92

 
$
40

 
$
73

 
$
150

Weighted average shares outstanding
245

 
244

 
244

 
244

Dilutive effect of mandatory convertible preferred stock
34

 

 

 
15

Dilutive effect of stock options and other dilutive securities
2

 
3

 
2

 
3

Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
281

 
247

 
246

 
262

Earnings per common share — diluted
$
0.33

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.57


Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted for the six months ended June 30, 2012 excludes the effect of approximately 34 million equivalent shares related to the mandatory convertible preferred stock as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. In addition, Goodyear net income used to compute earnings per common share - diluted for the six months ended June 30, 2012 is reduced by $15 million of preferred stock dividends since the inclusion of the related shares of preferred stock would have been anti-dilutive. Additionally, weighted average shares outstanding - diluted for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 excludes approximately 11 million equivalent shares related to options with exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common shares (i.e., “underwater” options).

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted for the three months ended June 30, 2011 excludes the effect of approximately 30 million equivalent shares related to the mandatory convertible preferred stock as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. In addition, Goodyear net income used to compute earnings per common share - diluted for the three months ended June 30, 2011 is reduced by $7 million of preferred stock dividends since the inclusion of the related shares of preferred stock would have been anti-dilutive. Additionally, weighted average shares outstanding - diluted for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 excludes approximately 6 million and 7 million equivalent shares, respectively, related to options with exercise prices greater than the average market price of our common shares (i.e., “underwater” options).





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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 6. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North American Tire
$
2,451

 
$
2,411

 
$
4,948

 
$
4,718

Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire
1,596

 
1,943

 
3,534

 
3,902

Latin American Tire
503

 
640

 
1,024

 
1,225

Asia Pacific Tire
600

 
626

 
1,177

 
1,177

Net Sales
$
5,150

 
$
5,620

 
$
10,683

 
$
11,022

Segment Operating Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North American Tire
$
188

 
$
137

 
$
268

 
$
177

Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire
19

 
126

 
109

 
279

Latin American Tire
58

 
54

 
113

 
121

Asia Pacific Tire
71

 
65

 
138

 
132

Total Segment Operating Income
336

 
382

 
628

 
709

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rationalizations
26

 
46

 
41

 
55

Interest expense
83

 
81

 
184

 
155

Other expense
37

 
48

 
129

 
52

Asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation
4

 
25

 
6

 
34

Corporate incentive compensation plans
15

 
21

 
22

 
35

Pension curtailments/settlements

 
11

 

 
11

Intercompany profit elimination
(9
)
 
2

 
1

 
11

Retained expenses of divested operations
5

 
11

 
9

 
15

Other
9

 
17

 
14

 
35

Income before Income Taxes
$
166

 
$
120

 
$
222

 
$
306


Rationalizations, as described in Note 2, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs, net gains on asset sales, as described in Note 3, Other (Income) and Expense, and asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation are not charged (credited) to the strategic business units (“SBUs”) for performance evaluation purposes, but were attributable to the SBUs as follows:


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Rationalizations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North American Tire
$
13

 
$
34

 
$
19

 
$
40

Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire
5

 
6

 
10

 
7

Latin American Tire

 

 
2

 

Asia Pacific Tire
8

 
6

 
10

 
8

Total Segment Rationalizations
$
26

 
$
46

 
41

 
55

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (Gains) Losses on Asset Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North American Tire
$
(2
)
 
$
(5
)
 
$
(4
)
 
$
(5
)
Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire
(7
)
 
(1
)
 
(8
)
 
(2
)
Latin American Tire
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(4
)
Total Segment Asset Sales
(12
)
 
(9
)
 
(15
)
 
(11
)
Corporate
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
$
(13
)
 
$
(11
)
 
$
(17
)
 
$
(13
)

Asset Write-offs and Accelerated Depreciation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North American Tire
$

 
$
24

 
$

 
$
32

Asia Pacific Tire
4

 
1

 
6

 
2

Total Segment Asset Write-offs and Accelerated Depreciation
$
4

 
$
25

 
$
6

 
$
34



NOTE 7. FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS AND DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
At June 30, 2012 , we had total credit arrangements of $8,549 million , of which $2,496 million were unused. At that date, 45% of our debt was at variable interest rates averaging 5.24% .
Notes Payable and Overdrafts, Long Term Debt and Capital Leases due Within One Year and Short Term Financing Arrangements
At June 30, 2012 , we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $585 million , of which $417 million were unused. These arrangements are available primarily to certain of our international subsidiaries through various banks at quoted market interest rates. There are no commitment fees associated with these arrangements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


The following table presents amounts due within one year:

 
June 30,
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Notes payable and overdrafts
$
168

 
$
256

Weighted average interest rate
5.55
%
 
5.56
%
Long term debt and capital leases due within one year
 
 
 
Other domestic and international debt (including capital leases)
$
107

 
$
156

Weighted average interest rate
8.67
%
 
10.78
%
Total obligations due within one year
$
275

 
$
412


Long Term Debt and Capital Leases and Financing Arrangements
At June 30, 2012 , we had long term credit arrangements totaling $7,964 million , of which $2,079 million were unused.
The following table presents long term debt and capital leases, net of unamortized discounts, and interest rates:

 
June 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
Interest
 
 
 
Interest
(In millions)
Amount
 
Rate
 
Amount
 
Rate
Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.5% due 2016
$

 
 
 
$
631

 
 
6.75% Euro Notes due 2019
317

 
 
 
324

 
 
8.25% due 2020
994

 
 
 
994

 
 
8.75% due 2020
265

 
 
 
264

 
 
7% due 2022
700

 
 
 

 
 
7% due 2028
149

 
 
 
149

 
 
Credit Facilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2017

 

 

 

$1.2 billion second lien term loan facility due 2019
1,194

 
4.75
%
 
1,200

 
1.93
%
€400 million revolving credit facility due 2016
292

 
2.85
%
 

 

Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015
395

 
3.20
%
 
393

 
3.91
%
Chinese credit facilities
469

 
6.50
%
 
389

 
5.80
%
Other domestic and international debt (1)
694

 
8.67
%
 
570

 
10.00
%
 
5,469

 
 
 
4,914

 
 
Capital lease obligations
33

 
 
 
31

 
 
 
5,502

 
 
 
4,945

 
 
Less portion due within one year
(107
)
 
 
 
(156
)
 
 
 
$
5,395

 
 
 
$
4,789

 
 
________________________________
(1)
Interest rates are weighted average interest rates.



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTES
$700 million 7% Senior Notes due 2022
On February 28, 2012 , we issued $700 million aggregate principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2022 . These notes were sold at 100% of the principal amount and will mature on May 15, 2022 . These notes are unsecured senior obligations and are guaranteed by our U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee our obligations under our senior secured credit facilities described below.
We have the option to redeem these notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after May 15, 2017 at a redemption price of 103.5% , 102.333% , 101.167% and 100% during the 12-month periods commencing on May 15, 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , and 2020 and thereafter, respectively, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. Prior to May 15, 2017, we may redeem these notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. In addition, prior to May 15, 2015, we may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of these notes from the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
The terms of the indenture for these notes, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to (i) incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, (ii) pay dividends, or make certain other restricted payments or investments, (iii) incur liens, (iv) sell assets, (v) incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to us, (vi) enter into affiliate transactions, (vii) engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and (viii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. For example, if these notes are assigned an investment grade rating by Moody's and Standard & Poor's and no default has occurred or is continuing, certain covenants will be suspended. The indenture has customary defaults, including a cross-default to material indebtedness of Goodyear and our subsidiaries.
Redemption of 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016
On March 29, 2012 , we redeemed $650 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016 at an aggregate redemption price of $709 million , including a $59 million prepayment premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. We also recorded $27 million of expense for the write-off of unamortized discounts and deferred financing fees as a result of the redemption.
CREDIT FACILITIES
$2.0 billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2017
On April 19, 2012, we amended and restated our U.S. first lien revolving credit facility. Significant changes to the first lien revolving credit facility include the extension of the maturity to 2017 and an increase of the available commitments from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion . Loans under this facility initially bear interest at LIBOR plus 150 basis points, based on our current liquidity as described below.
Our amended and restated first lien revolving credit facility is available in the form of loans or letters of credit, with letter of credit availability limited to $800 million . Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $250 million . Our obligations under the facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. Our obligations under the facility and our subsidiaries' obligations under the related guarantees are secured by first priority security interests in collateral that includes, subject to certain exceptions:

U.S. and Canadian accounts receivable and inventory;
certain of our U.S. manufacturing facilities;
equity interests in our U.S. subsidiaries and up to 65% of the equity interests in our directly owned foreign subsidiaries, excluding Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V. ("GDTE") and its subsidiaries; and
substantially all other tangible and intangible assets, including equipment, contract rights and intellectual property.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, after adjusting for customary factors that are subject to modification from time to time by the administrative agent or the majority lenders at their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably). Modifications are based on the results of periodic collateral and borrowing base evaluations and appraisals. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable and inventory decline, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.0 billion. In addition, if the amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit under the facility exceeds the borrowing base, we are required to prepay borrowings and/or cash collateralize letters of credit sufficient to eliminate the excess. As of June 30, 2012 , our borrowing base, and therefore our availability, under this facility was $ 135 million below the facility's stated amount of $2.0 billion .
The facility, which matures on April 30, 2017 , contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries (i) to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, (ii) pay dividends, or make certain other restricted payments or investments, (iii) incur liens, (iv) sell assets, (v) incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to us, (vi) enter into affiliate transactions, (vii) engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and (viii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. In addition, in the event that the availability under the facility plus the aggregate amount of our Available Cash is less than $200 million , we will not be permitted to allow our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense to be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. “Available Cash,” “EBITDA” and “Consolidated Interest Expense” have the meanings given them in the facility.
The facility has customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our financial condition since December 31, 2011 . The facility also has customary defaults, including a cross-default to material indebtedness of Goodyear and our subsidiaries.
If Available Cash (as defined in the facility) plus the availability under the facility is greater than $1.0 billion , amounts drawn under the facility will bear interest, at our option, at (i) 150 basis points over LIBOR or (ii) 50 basis points over an alternative base rate (the higher of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 50 basis points or LIBOR plus 100 basis points), and undrawn amounts under the facility will be subject to an annual commitment fee of 37.5 basis points. If Available Cash plus the availability under the facility is equal to or less than $1.0 billion , then amounts drawn under the facility will bear interest, at our option, at (i) 175 basis points over LIBOR or (ii) 75 basis points over an alternative base rate, and undrawn amounts under the facility will be subject to an annual commitment fee of 25 basis points.
At June 30, 2012 , we had no borrowings and $408 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2011 , we had no borrowings and $407 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.
$1.2 billion Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Facility due 2019
On April 19, 2012, we also amended and restated our U.S. second lien term loan facility, including the extension of the maturity to 2019. The term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 375 basis points, subject to a minimum LIBOR rate of 100 basis points. In addition, the amended and restated second lien term loan was issued with an original issue discount of 200 basis points and is subject to a call protection premium of 100 basis points if any specified repricing event occurs prior to April 19, 2013.
Our amended and restated second lien term loan facility may be increased by up to $300 million at our request, subject to the consent of the lenders making such additional term loans. Our obligations under this facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and are secured by second priority security interests in the same collateral securing the $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. The facility, which matures on April 30, 2019 , contains covenants, representations, warranties and defaults similar to those in the $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. In addition, if our Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (the ratio of Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness to EBITDA) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is greater than 3.0 to 1.0, before we may use cash proceeds from certain asset sales to repay any junior lien, senior unsecured or subordinated indebtedness, we must first offer to use such cash proceeds to prepay borrowings under the second lien term loan facility. “Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness” and “EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the facility. Loans under this facility bear interest, at our option, at (i) 375 basis points over LIBOR (subject to a minimum LIBOR rate of 100 basis points) or (ii) 275 basis points over an alternative base rate (the higher of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 50 basis points or LIBOR plus 100 basis points).
At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , this facility was fully drawn.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



€400 million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2016
Our amended and restated €400 million European revolving credit facility consists of (i) a €100 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH (the “German borrower”) and (ii) a €300 million all-borrower tranche that is available to GDTE, the German borrower and certain of GDTE’s other subsidiaries. Up to €50 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche.
GDTE and certain of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France and Germany provide guarantees to support the facility. The German guarantors secure the German tranche on a first-lien basis and the all-borrower tranche on a second-lien basis. GDTE and its other subsidiaries that provide guarantees secure the all-borrower tranche on a first-lien basis and do not provide collateral support for the German tranche. The Company and its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that guarantee our U.S. senior secured credit facilities described above also provide unsecured guarantees in support of the facility.
The facility has customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our financial condition since December 31, 2010. The facility also has customary defaults, including a cross-default to material indebtedness of Goodyear and our subsidiaries.
At June 30, 2012 , there were $127 million ( €100 million ) of borrowings outstanding under the German tranche and $165 million ( €130 million ) outstanding under the all-borrower tranche. At December 31, 2011 , there were no borrowings under the revolving credit facility. Letters of credit issued under the all-borrower tranche totaled $8 million ( €6 million ) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 .
International Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)
GDTE and certain of its subsidiaries are parties to a pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility that provides up to €450 million of funding and expires in 2015. Utilization under this facility is based on current available receivable balances. The facility is subject to customary annual renewal of back-up liquidity commitments.
The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GDTE subsidiaries to a bankruptcy-remote French company controlled by one of the liquidity banks in the facility. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , the amount available, and fully utilized under this program, totaled $395 million ( €312 million ) and $393 million ( €303 million ), respectively. The program did not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long term debt and capital leases.
In addition to the pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility discussed above, subsidiaries in Australia have an accounts receivable securitization program totaling $79 million and $75 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the related facility. We retain the risk of loss related to these receivables in the event of non-payment. These amounts are included in Long term debt and capital leases at June 30, 2012 as this facility was renegotiated in the second quarter of 2012. These amounts are included in Notes payable and overdrafts at December 31, 2011.
For a description of the collateral securing the European revolving credit facility and the pan-European accounts receivable facility as well as the covenants applicable to them, refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 15, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments, in our 2011 Form 10-K.
Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)
Various subsidiaries sold certain of their trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is generally no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At June 30, 2012 , the gross amount of receivables sold was $239 million , compared to $190 million at December 31, 2011 .

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


Other Foreign Credit Facilities
Our Chinese subsidiary has two financing agreements in China. At June 30, 2012 , these non-revolving credit facilities had total unused availability of 667 million renminbi ( $106 million ) and can only be used to finance the relocation and expansion of our manufacturing facility in China. The facilities contain covenants relating to our Chinese subsidiary and have customary representations and warranties and defaults relating to our Chinese subsidiary’s ability to perform its obligations under the facilities. One of the facilities (with 642 million renminbi of unused availability at June 30, 2012 ) matures in 2018 and principal amortization begins in 2015. There were $265 million and $199 million of borrowings outstanding under this facility at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The other facility (with 25 million renminbi of unused availability at June 30, 2012 ) matures in 2019 and principal amortization begins in 2015. There were $204 million and $190 million of borrowings outstanding under this facility at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. Restricted cash of $27 million and $9 million was related to funds obtained under these credit facilities at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively.
OTHER DOMESTIC DEBT
Global and North American Tire Headquarters
On April 13, 2011 , we entered into agreements for the construction of a new Global and North American Tire Headquarters facility in Akron, Ohio. We concurrently entered into an agreement to occupy the facility under a 27-year lease, including the two-year construction period, with multiple renewal options available at our discretion. In addition, on October 31, 2011, we entered into similar agreements for the construction and lease of a new parking deck adjacent to the Headquarters facility. Due to our continuing involvement with the financing during construction of the Headquarters facility and the parking deck, we will record a non-cash increase to fixed assets and financing liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as costs are incurred during the construction period. The total cost of the project is expected to be $200 million , of which approximately $60 million will be funded by government financing and incentives. The total financing liability is expected to approximate $140 million , of which $85 million has been recorded in long term debt and capital leases at June 30, 2012 .
Debt Maturities
Updates to our debt maturities in our 2011 Form 10-K are provided below and reflect the issuance of our 7% senior notes due 2022, the redemption of our 10.5% senior notes due 2016 and the amendment and restatement of our $1.2 billion second lien term loan.

(In millions)
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
U.S.
$
13

 
$
4

 
$

 
$

 

International
143

 
90

 
42

 
490

 
322

 
$
156

 
$
94

 
$
42

 
$
490

 
$
322

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
We utilize derivative financial instrument contracts and nonderivative instruments to manage interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity price risks. We have established a control environment that includes policies and procedures for risk assessment and the approval, reporting and monitoring of derivative financial instrument activities. We do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.
Foreign Currency Contracts
We will enter into foreign currency contracts in order to manage the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates on our consolidated results of operations and future foreign currency-denominated cash flows. These contracts reduce exposure to currency movements affecting existing foreign currency-denominated assets, liabilities, firm commitments and forecasted transactions resulting primarily from trade purchases and sales, equipment acquisitions, intercompany loans and royalty agreements. Contracts hedging short term trade receivables and payables normally have no hedging designation.





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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


The following table presents fair values for foreign currency contracts not designated as hedging instruments:

 
June 30,
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Fair Values — asset (liability):
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
$
19

 
$
26

Other assets

 

Other current liabilities
(12
)
 
(5
)
Other long term liabilities

 
(1
)

At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , these outstanding foreign currency derivatives had notional amounts of $1,049 million and $1,056 million , respectively, and were primarily related to intercompany loans. Other Expense included net transaction gains of $21 million and losses of $3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , respectively, compared to net transaction losses of $4 million and $39 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 , respectively, on foreign currency derivatives. These amounts were substantially offset in Other Expense by the effect of changing exchange rates on the underlying currency exposures.
The following table presents fair values for foreign currency contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments:

 
June 30,
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Fair Values — asset (liability):
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
$
6

 
$
11

Other current liabilities

 


At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , these outstanding foreign currency derivatives had notional amounts of $161 million and $171 million , respectively, and primarily related to intercompany transactions.

The following table presents the classification of changes in fair values of foreign currency contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments (before tax and minority):
 
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
June 30,
(In millions) (Income) Expense
2012
 
2011
2012
 
2011
Amounts deferred to Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL")
$
(10
)
 
$
5

$
(2
)
 
$
14

Amount of deferred (gain) loss reclassified from AOCL into CGS
(3
)
 
2

(4
)
 
2

Amounts excluded from effectiveness testing

 


 


The estimated net amount of the deferred gains on June 30, 2012 that is expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months is $12 million .
The counterparties to our foreign currency contracts were considered by us to be substantial and creditworthy financial institutions that are recognized market makers at the time we entered into those contracts. We seek to control our credit exposure to these counterparties by diversifying across multiple counterparties, by setting counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of counterparty credit risk such as credit default swap spreads, and by monitoring the financial strength of these counterparties on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to counterparties in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a counterparty. However, the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial position or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The following table presents information about assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 :

 
Total Carrying Value in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical
Assets/Liabilities
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investments
$
48

 
$
44

 
$
48

 
$
44

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Foreign Exchange Contracts
25

 
37

 

 

 
25

 
37

 

 

Total Assets at Fair Value
$
73

 
$
81

 
$
48

 
$
44

 
$
25

 
$
37

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign Exchange Contracts
$
12

 
$
6

 
$

 
$

 
$
12

 
$
5

 
$

 
$
1

Total Liabilities at Fair Value
$
12

 
$
6

 
$

 
$

 
$
12

 
$
5

 
$

 
$
1



The following table presents supplemental fair value information about long term fixed rate and variable rate debt, excluding capital leases, classified as Level 1, at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 . The fair value was estimated using quoted market prices.

 
June 30,
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Fixed Rate Debt:
 
 
 
Carrying amount — liability
$
2,978

 
$
2,843

Fair value — liability
3,057

 
2,891

 
 
 
 
Variable Rate Debt:
 
 
 
Carrying amount — liability
$
2,491

 
$
2,071

Fair value — liability
2,432

 
2,029



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 9. PENSION, SAVINGS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
We provide employees with defined benefit pension or defined contribution savings plans.
Defined benefit pension cost follows:

 
U.S.
 
U.S.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Service cost — benefits earned during the period
$
10

 
$
10

 
$
20

 
$
21

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
65

 
70

 
131

 
141

Expected return on plan assets
(75
)
 
(76
)
 
(150
)
 
(153
)
Amortization of: — prior service cost
6

 
6

 
12

 
12

  — net losses
43

 
33

 
89

 
67

Net periodic pension cost
49

 
43

 
102

 
88

Curtailments/settlements/termination benefits

 
11

 

 
11

Total defined benefit pension cost
$
49

 
$
54

 
$
102

 
$
99

 
Non-U.S.
 
Non-U.S.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Service cost — benefits earned during the period
$
7

 
$
8

 
$
15

 
$
16

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
35

 
38

 
70

 
76

Expected return on plan assets
(29
)
 
(33
)
 
(59
)
 
(66
)
Amortization of: — prior service cost
1

 
1

 
1

 
1

— net losses
11

 
9

 
23

 
19

Net periodic pension cost
25

 
23

 
50

 
46

Curtailments/settlements/termination benefits

 
1

 

 

Total defined benefit pension cost
$
25

 
$
24

 
$
50

 
$
46

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
During the second quarter of 2011, we recognized a settlement charge of $11 million related to one of our U.S. pension plans. This settlement charge resulted from total lump sum payments through June 30, 2011 exceeding estimated annual service and interest cost for the plan.
We expect to contribute approximately $550 million to $600 million to our funded U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans in 2012 . For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , we contributed $27 million and $81 million , respectively, to our non-U.S. plans and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , we contributed $78 million and $129 million , respectively, to our U.S. plans.
The expense recognized for our contributions to defined contribution savings plans for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $23 million and $25 million , respectively, and $50 million and $51 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively.
We provide certain U.S. employees and employees at certain non-U.S. subsidiaries with health care benefits or life insurance benefits upon retirement. Postretirement benefit cost for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $0 million and $2 million , respectively, and $3 million and $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 10. STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS
Our Board of Directors granted 1.8 million stock options and 0.2 million performance share units during the six months ended June 30, 2012 under our 2008 Performance Plan. The 2008 Performance Plan will expire on April 8, 2018 . The weighted average exercise price per share and weighted average fair value per share of the stock option grants during the six months ended June 30, 2012 were $12.94 and $6.37 , respectively. We estimated the fair value of the stock options using the following assumptions in our Black-Scholes model:
Expected term: 6.25  years
Interest rate: 1.11%
Volatility: 50.74%
Dividend yield: Nil
We measure the fair value of grants of performance share units based primarily on the closing market price of a share of our common stock on the date of the grant, modified as appropriate to take into account the features of such grants. The weighted average fair value per share was $13.57 for grants made during the six months ended June 30, 2012 .
We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $4 million and $5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 , respectively. At June 30, 2012 , unearned compensation cost related to the unvested portion of all stock-based awards was approximately $31 million and is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting period of the respective grants, through June 2016 . We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $6 million and $12 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 , respectively.

NOTE 11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Environmental Matters
We have recorded liabilities totaling $47 million and $46 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively, for anticipated costs related to various environmental matters, primarily the remediation of numerous waste disposal sites and certain properties sold by us. Of these amounts, $10 million and $11 million was included in Other Current Liabilities at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The costs include legal and consulting fees, site studies, the design and implementation of remediation plans, post-remediation monitoring and related activities, and will be paid over several years. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may be affected by several uncertainties, primarily the ultimate cost of required remediation and the extent to which other responsible parties contribute . We have limited potential insurance coverage for future environmental claims.
Workers’ Compensation
We have recorded liabilities, on a discounted basis, totaling $309 million and $302 million for anticipated costs related to workers’ compensation at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. Of these amounts, $71 million and $63 million were included in Current Liabilities as part of Compensation and Benefits at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The costs include an estimate of expected settlements on pending claims, defense costs and a provision for claims incurred but not reported. These estimates are based on our assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience, and current cost trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates. We periodically, and at least annually, update our loss development factors based on actuarial analyses. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , the liability was discounted using a risk-free rate of return.
General and Product Liability and Other Litigation
We have recorded liabilities totaling $305 million and $293 million , including related legal fees expected to be incurred, for potential product liability and other tort claims presently asserted against us at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. Of these amounts, $43 million and $40 million were included in Other Current Liabilities at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The amounts recorded were estimated based on an assessment of potential liability using an analysis of available information with respect to pending claims, historical experience and, where available, recent and current trends. The amount of our ultimate liability in respect of these matters may differ from these estimates.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



Asbestos. We are a defendant in numerous lawsuits alleging various asbestos-related personal injuries purported to result from alleged exposure to asbestos in certain products manufactured by us or present in certain of our facilities. Typically, these lawsuits have been brought against multiple defendants in state and Federal courts. To date, we have disposed of approximately 103,300 claims by defending and obtaining the dismissal thereof or by entering into a settlement. The sum of our accrued asbestos-related liability and gross payments to date, including legal costs, by us and our insurers totaled approximately $392 million through June 30, 2012 and $388 million through December 31, 2011 .
A summary of recent approximate asbestos claims activity follows. Because claims are often filed and disposed of by dismissal or settlement in large numbers, the amount and timing of settlements and the number of open claims during a particular period can fluctuate significantly. The passage of tort reform laws and creation of deferred dockets for non-malignancy claims in several states has contributed to a decline in the number of claims filed in recent years.

 
Six Months Ended
 
Year Ended
(Dollars in millions)
June 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Pending claims, beginning of period
78,500

 
83,700

New claims filed
1,050

 
2,200

Claims settled/dismissed
(5,200
)
 
(7,400
)
Pending claims, end of period
74,350

 
78,500

Payments (1)
$
4

 
$
23

________________________________
(1)
Represents amount spent by us and our insurers on asbestos litigation defense and claim resolution.
We periodically, and at least annually, review our existing reserves for pending claims, including a reasonable estimate of the liability associated with unasserted asbestos claims, and estimate our receivables from probable insurance recoveries. We had recorded gross liabilities for both asserted and unasserted claims, inclusive of defense costs, totaling $136 million and $138 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. At June 30, 2012 , we estimate that it is reasonably possible that our gross liabilities, net of our estimate for probable insurance recoveries, could exceed our recorded amounts by approximately $10 million .
We recorded a receivable related to asbestos claims of $69 million and $ 67 million as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. We expect that approximately 50% of asbestos claim related losses would be recoverable through insurance through the period covered by the estimated liability. Of these amounts, $9 million and $8 million was included in Current Assets as part of Accounts Receivable at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The recorded receivable consists of an amount we expect to collect under coverage-in-place agreements with certain primary carriers as well as an amount we believe is probable of recovery from certain of our excess coverage insurance carriers.
We believe that, at June 30, 2012 , we had approximately $160 million in limits of excess level policies potentially applicable to indemnity and defense costs for asbestos products claims. We also had coverage under certain primary policies for indemnity and defense costs for asbestos products claims under remaining aggregate limits, as well as coverage for indemnity and defense costs for asbestos premises claims on a per occurrence basis, pursuant to coverage-in-place agreements at June 30, 2012 .
With respect to both asserted and unasserted claims, it is reasonably possible that we may incur a material amount of cost in excess of the current reserve; however, such amounts cannot be reasonably estimated. Coverage under insurance policies is subject to varying characteristics of asbestos claims including, but not limited to, the type of claim (premise vs. product exposure), alleged date of first exposure to our products or premises and disease alleged. Depending upon the nature of these characteristics, as well as the resolution of certain legal issues, some portion of the insurance may not be accessible by us.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



Other Actions. We are currently a party to various claims and legal proceedings in addition to those noted above. If management believes that a loss arising from these matters is probable and can reasonably be estimated, we record the amount of the loss, or the minimum estimated liability when the loss is estimated using a range, and no point within the range is more probable than another. As additional information becomes available, any potential liability related to these matters is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Based on currently available information, management believes that the ultimate outcome of these matters, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or overall trends in results of operations. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings could occur. An unfavorable ruling could include monetary damages or an injunction prohibiting us from selling one or more products. If an unfavorable ruling were to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on the financial position and results of operations of the period in which the ruling occurs, or in future periods.
Income Tax and Other Tax Matters
The calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations. We recognize liabilities for anticipated tax audit issues based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If we ultimately determine that payment of these amounts is unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during the period in which we determine that the liability is no longer necessary. We also recognize income tax benefits to the extent that it is more likely than not that our positions will be sustained when challenged by the taxing authorities. We derecognize income tax benefits when based on new information we determine that it is no longer more likely than not that our position will be sustained. To the extent we prevail in matters for which liabilities have been established, or determine we need to derecognize tax benefits recorded in prior periods, our results of operations and effective tax rate in a given period could be materially affected. An unfavorable tax settlement would require use of our cash, and lead to recognition of expense to the extent the settlement amount exceeds recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, result in an increase in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution. A favorable tax settlement would be recognized as a reduction of expense to the extent the settlement amount is lower than recorded liabilities and, in the case of an income tax settlement, would result in a reduction in our effective tax rate in the period of resolution.
While the Company applies consistent transfer pricing policies and practices globally, supports transfer prices through economic studies, seeks advance pricing agreements and joint audits to the extent possible and believes its transfer prices to be appropriate, such transfer prices, and related interpretations of tax laws, are occasionally challenged by various taxing authorities globally. We have received various tax assessments challenging our interpretations of applicable tax laws in various jurisdictions. Although we believe we have complied with applicable tax laws, have strong positions and defenses and have historically been successful in defending such claims, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected in the case we are unsuccessful in the defense of existing or future claims.
In September 2011, the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil issued an assessment to us for allegedly improperly taking tax credits for value-added taxes paid to a supplier of natural rubber during the period from January 2006 to August 2008. The assessment, including interest and penalties, totaled 92 million Brazilian real (approximately $46 million ). We received similar assessments from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in December 2010 for allegedly improperly taking tax credits for value-added taxes paid to other suppliers of natural rubber during the period from January 2006 to October 2009. These assessments, including interest and penalties, totaled 88 million Brazilian real (approximately $43 million ). We have filed responses contesting all of the assessments and are defending these matters. In the event we are unsuccessful in defending one or more of these assessments, our results of operations could be materially affected.    
Guarantees
We have off-balance sheet financial guarantees written and other commitments totaling approximately $83 million at June 30, 2012 , compared to $105 million at December 31, 2011 , primarily related to our obligations in connection with the financing of the construction of our new Global and North American Tire Headquarters facility. In addition, we will from time to time issue guarantees to financial institutions or other entities on behalf of certain of our affiliates, lessors or customers. Normally there is no separate premium received by us as consideration for the issuance of guarantees. We also generally do not require collateral in connection with the issuance of these guarantees . If our performance under these guarantees is triggered by non-payment or another specified event , we would be obligated to make payment to the financial institution or the other entity, and would typically have recourse to the affiliate, lessor or customer . The guarantees expire at various times through 2023 . We are unable to estimate the extent to which our affiliates’, lessors’ or customers’ assets would be adequate to recover any payments made by us under the related guarantees.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 12. MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
On March 31, 2011 , we issued 10,000,000 shares of our 5.875% mandatory convertible preferred stock, without par value and with an initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share, at a price of $50.00 per share. Quarterly dividends on each share of the mandatory convertible preferred stock will accrue at a rate of 5.875% per year on the initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share. Dividends will accrue and accumulate from the date of issuance and, to the extent that we are legally permitted to pay a dividend and the Board of Directors declares a dividend payable, we will pay dividends in cash on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on July 1, 2011 and ending on April 1, 2014.
Unless converted earlier, each share of the mandatory convertible preferred stock will automatically convert on April 1, 2014 into between 2.7454 and 3.4317 shares of common stock, depending on the market value of our common stock for the 20 consecutive trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to April 1, 2014, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. At any time prior to April 1, 2014, holders may elect to convert shares of the mandatory convertible preferred stock at the minimum conversion rate of 2.7454 shares of common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) declared cash dividends of $7 million that were paid in the first quarter of 2012. In the first quarter of 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) declared cash dividends of $7 million that were paid in the second quarter of 2012. On June 4, 2012 , the Company’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) declared cash dividends of $0.7344 per share of mandatory convertible preferred stock or $7 million in the aggregate. The dividend was paid on July 2, 2012 to stockholders of record as of the close of business of June 15, 2012 .

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 13. CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
The following tables present the changes in shareholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 :
 
June 30, 2012
 
June 30, 2011
(In millions)
Goodyear
Shareholders’ Equity
 
Minority
Shareholders’
Equity – Nonredeemable
 
Total
Shareholders’ Equity
 
Goodyear
Shareholders’ Equity
 
Minority
Shareholders’
Equity – Nonredeemable
 
Total
Shareholders’ Equity
Balance at beginning of period
$
749

 
$
268

 
$
1,017

 
$
644

 
$
277

 
$
921

Purchase of subsidiary shares from minority interest

 
(18
)
 
(18
)
 

 

 

Comprehensive income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
88

 
18

 
106

 
150

 
19

 
169

Foreign currency translation (net of tax of $0 in 2012 and $0 in 2011)
(12
)
 
3

 
(9
)
 
98

 
6

 
104

Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax of $4 in 2012 and $2 in 2011)
103

 

 
103

 
81

 

 
81

Decrease in net actuarial losses (net of tax of $7 in 2012 and $1 in 2011)
25

 

 
25

 
3

 

 
3

Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements, and divestitures (net of tax of $0 in 2012 and $1 in 2011)

 

 

 
13

 

 
13

Prior service cost from plan amendments (net of tax of $(2) in 2012 and $0 in 2011)
(4
)
 

 
(4
)
 

 

 

Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax of $0 in 2012 and $0 in 2011)
2

 

 
2

 
(11
)
 

 
(11
)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax of $(2) in 2012 and $0 in 2011)
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
2

 

 
2

Unrealized investment gains (net of tax of $0 in 2012 and $0 in 2011)
3

 

 
3

 
5

 

 
5

Other comprehensive income
116

 
3

 
119

 
191

 
6

 
197

Total comprehensive income
204

 
21

 
225

 
341

 
25

 
366

Dividends declared to minority shareholders

 
(8
)
 
(8
)
 

 
(19
)
 
(19
)
Stock-based compensation plans (Note 10)
9

 

 
9

 
6

 

 
6

Preferred stock issued, net of expenses

 

 

 
484

 

 
484

Preferred stock dividends declared
(15
)
 

 
(15
)
 
(7
)
 

 
(7
)
Common stock issued from treasury

 

 

 
7

 

 
7

Other

 

 

 

 
1

 
1

Balance at end of period
$
947

 
$
263

 
$
1,210

 
$
1,475

 
$
284

 
$
1,759


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



The following table presents changes in Minority Equity presented outside of Shareholders’ Equity:

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Balance at beginning of period
$
626

 
$
628

 
$
607

 
$
584

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
1

 
1

 
5

 
11

Foreign currency translation, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
(29
)
 
8

 
(12
)
 
43

Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
1

 
1

 
3

 
2

Decrease in net actuarial losses, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
1

 
1

 

 
1

Deferred derivative gains (losses), net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
3

 
(1
)
 

 
(3
)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income, net of tax of $0 and $0 in 2012 ($0 and $0 in 2011)
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Total comprehensive income (loss)
(24
)
 
10

 
(5
)
 
54

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at end of period
$
602

 
$
638

 
$
602

 
$
638


NOTE 14. CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Certain of our subsidiaries have guaranteed our obligations under the $1.0 billion outstanding principal amount of 8.25% senior notes due 2020 , the $282 million outstanding principal amount of 8.75% notes due 2020 , and the $700 million outstanding principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2022 (collectively, the “notes”). The following presents the condensed consolidating financial information separately for:
(i)
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Parent Company”), the issuer of the guaranteed obligations;
(ii)
Guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis, as specified in the indentures related to Goodyear’s obligations under the notes;
(iii)
Non-guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis;
(iv)
Consolidating entries and eliminations representing adjustments to (a) eliminate intercompany transactions between or among the Parent Company, the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries, (b) eliminate the investments in our subsidiaries, and (c) record consolidating entries; and
(v)
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Each guarantor subsidiary is 100% owned by the Parent Company at the date of each balance sheet presented. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each guarantor subsidiary. The guarantees of the guarantor subsidiaries are subject to release in limited circumstances only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions. Each entity in the consolidating financial information follows the same accounting policies as described in the consolidated financial statements, except for the use by the Parent Company and guarantor subsidiaries of the equity method of accounting to reflect ownership interests in subsidiaries which are eliminated upon consolidation. Changes in intercompany receivables and payables related to operations, such as intercompany sales or services charges, are included in cash flows from operating activities. Intercompany transactions reported as investing or financing activities include the sale of the capital stock of various subsidiaries, loans and other capital transactions between members of the consolidated group.
Certain non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Parent Company are limited in their ability to remit funds to it by means of dividends, advances or loans due to required foreign government and/or currency exchange board approvals or limitations in credit agreements or other debt instruments of those subsidiaries.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



 
Consolidating Balance Sheet
 
June 30, 2012
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
885

 
$
85

 
$
1,186

 
$

 
$
2,156

Accounts Receivable
979

 
236

 
1,959

 

 
3,174

Accounts Receivable From Affiliates

 
591

 
272

 
(863
)
 

Inventories
1,609

 
225

 
2,200

 
(94
)
 
3,940

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
64

 
8

 
298

 
9

 
379

Total Current Assets
3,537

 
1,145

 
5,915

 
(948
)
 
9,649

Goodwill

 
25

 
449

 
170

 
644

Intangible Assets
110

 
1

 
43

 

 
154

Deferred Income Taxes

 
72

 
66

 

 
138

Other Assets
240

 
48

 
229

 

 
517

Investments in Subsidiaries
4,194

 
340

 
4,403

 
(8,937
)
 

Property, Plant and Equipment
2,171

 
154

 
4,134

 
40

 
6,499

Total Assets
$
10,252

 
$
1,785

 
$
15,239

 
$
(9,675
)
 
$
17,601

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts Payable-Trade
$
851

 
$
192

 
$
2,281

 
$

 
$
3,324

Accounts Payable to Affiliates
863

 

 

 
(863
)
 

Compensation and Benefits
355

 
31

 
334

 
(1
)
 
719

Other Current Liabilities
360

 
47

 
710

 
(15
)
 
1,102

Notes Payable and Overdrafts

 

 
168

 

 
168

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases Due Within One Year
9

 

 
98

 

 
107

Total Current Liabilities
2,438

 
270

 
3,591

 
(879
)
 
5,420

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases
3,393

 

 
2,002

 

 
5,395

Compensation and Benefits
2,633

 
251

 
848

 

 
3,732

Deferred and Other Noncurrent Income Taxes
34

 
6

 
206

 
(2
)
 
244

Other Long Term Liabilities
807

 
31

 
160

 

 
998

Total Liabilities
9,305

 
558

 
6,807

 
(881
)
 
15,789

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Minority Shareholders’ Equity

 

 
403

 
199

 
602

Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stock
500

 

 

 

 
500

Common Stock
245

 
339

 
5,072

 
(5,411
)
 
245

Capital Surplus
2,812

 
47

 
1,063

 
(1,110
)
 
2,812

Retained Earnings
1,260

 
1,351

 
2,883

 
(4,234
)
 
1,260

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
(3,870
)
 
(510
)
 
(1,252
)
 
1,762

 
(3,870
)
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity
947

 
1,227

 
7,766

 
(8,993
)
 
947

Minority Shareholders’ Equity — Nonredeemable

 

 
263

 

 
263

Total Shareholders’ Equity
947

 
1,227

 
8,029

 
(8,993
)
 
1,210

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
$
10,252

 
$
1,785

 
$
15,239

 
$
(9,675
)
 
$
17,601


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



 
Consolidating Balance Sheet
 
December 31, 2011
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
916

 
$
108

 
$
1,748

 
$

 
$
2,772

Accounts Receivable
984

 
217

 
1,648

 

 
2,849

Accounts Receivable From Affiliates

 
512

 
204

 
(716
)
 

Inventories
1,579

 
227

 
2,135

 
(85
)
 
3,856

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
53

 
9

 
262

 
11

 
335

Total Current Assets
3,532

 
1,073

 
5,997

 
(790
)
 
9,812

Goodwill

 
25

 
460

 
169

 
654

Intangible Assets
110

 
1

 
46

 

 
157

Deferred Income Taxes

 
82

 
63

 

 
145

Other Assets
226

 
49

 
211

 

 
486

Investments in Subsidiaries
4,067

 
339

 
4,367

 
(8,773
)
 

Property, Plant and Equipment
2,129

 
162

 
4,044

 
40

 
6,375

Total Assets
$
10,064

 
$
1,731

 
$
15,188

 
$
(9,354
)
 
$
17,629

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts Payable-Trade
$
925

 
$
199

 
$
2,544

 
$

 
$
3,668

Accounts Payable to Affiliates
716

 

 

 
(716
)
 

Compensation and Benefits
445

 
31

 
323

 

 
799

Other Current Liabilities
344

 
34

 
688

 
(16
)
 
1,050

Notes Payable and Overdrafts

 

 
256

 

 
256

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases Due Within One Year
11

 

 
145

 

 
156

Total Current Liabilities
2,441

 
264

 
3,956

 
(732
)
 
5,929

Long Term Debt and Capital Leases
3,271

 

 
1,518

 

 
4,789

Compensation and Benefits
2,793

 
294

 
915

 

 
4,002

Deferred and Other Noncurrent Income Taxes
32

 
5

 
199

 
8

 
244

Other Long Term Liabilities
778

 
33

 
230

 

 
1,041

Total Liabilities
9,315

 
596

 
6,818

 
(724
)
 
16,005

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Minority Shareholders’ Equity

 

 
404

 
203

 
607

Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stock
500

 

 

 

 
500

Common Stock
245

 
333

 
5,033

 
(5,366
)
 
245

Capital Surplus
2,808

 
39

 
1,065

 
(1,104
)
 
2,808

Retained Earnings
1,187

 
1,303

 
2,850

 
(4,153
)
 
1,187

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
(3,991
)
 
(540
)
 
(1,250
)
 
1,790

 
(3,991
)
Goodyear Shareholders’ Equity
749

 
1,135

 
7,698

 
(8,833
)
 
749

Minority Shareholders’ Equity — Nonredeemable

 

 
268

 

 
268

Total Shareholders’ Equity
749

 
1,135

 
7,966

 
(8,833
)
 
1,017

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
$
10,064

 
$
1,731

 
$
15,188

 
$
(9,354
)
 
$
17,629


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



 
Consolidating Statement of Operations
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net Sales
$
2,174

 
$
736

 
$
5,397

 
$
(3,157
)
 
$
5,150

Cost of Goods Sold
1,888

 
639

 
4,810

 
(3,196
)
 
4,141

Selling, Administrative and General Expense
230

 
48

 
421

 
(2
)
 
697

Rationalizations
14

 
1

 
11

 

 
26

Interest Expense
62

 
7

 
69

 
(55
)
 
83

Other (Income) and Expense
(38
)
 
(8
)
 
(27
)
 
110

 
37

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes and Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
18

 
49

 
113

 
(14
)
 
166

United States and Foreign Taxes
5

 
12

 
50

 
(4
)
 
63

Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
79

 
(2
)
 

 
(77
)
 

Net Income (Loss)
92

 
35

 
63

 
(87
)
 
103

Less: Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

 

 
11

 

 
11

Goodyear Net Income (Loss)
92

 
35

 
52

 
(87
)
 
92

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends
7

 

 

 

 
7

Goodyear Net Income (Loss) available to Common Shareholders
$
85

 
$
35

 
$
52

 
$
(87
)
 
$
85

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
84

 
$
59

 
$
(30
)
 
$
(53
)
 
$
60

Less: Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Minority Shareholders

 

 
(14
)
 
(10
)
 
(24
)
Goodyear Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
84

 
$
59

 
$
(16
)
 
$
(43
)
 
$
84




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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net Sales
$
2,255

 
$
705

 
$
6,512

 
$
(3,852
)
 
$
5,620

Cost of Goods Sold
1,988

 
618

 
5,872

 
(3,906
)
 
4,572

Selling, Administrative and General Expense
248

 
45

 
462

 
(2
)
 
753

Rationalizations
33

 
1

 
12

 

 
46

Interest Expense
63

 
5

 
55

 
(42
)
 
81

Other (Income) and Expense
(30
)
 
(9
)
 
(20
)
 
107

 
48

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes and Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
(47
)
 
45

 
131

 
(9
)
 
120

United States and Foreign Taxes
2

 
4

 
60

 
(2
)
 
64

Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
96

 
4

 

 
(100
)
 

Net Income (Loss)
47

 
45

 
71

 
(107
)
 
56

Less: Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

 

 
9

 

 
9

Goodyear Net Income (Loss)
47

 
45

 
62

 
(107
)
 
47

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends
7

 

 

 

 
7

Goodyear Net Income (Loss) available to Common Shareholders
$
40

 
$
45

 
$
62

 
$
(107
)
 
$
40

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
149

 
$
54

 
$
125

 
$
(159
)
 
$
169

Less: Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Minority Interest

 

 
15

 
5

 
20

Goodyear Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
149

 
$
54

 
$
110

 
$
(164
)
 
$
149



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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


 
Consolidating Statement of Operations
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net Sales
$
4,461

 
$
1,492

 
$
11,702

 
$
(6,972
)
 
$
10,683

Cost of Goods Sold
3,939

 
1,331

 
10,544

 
(7,066
)
 
8,748

Selling, Administrative and General Expense
431

 
95

 
834

 
(1
)
 
1,359

Rationalizations
20

 
1

 
20

 

 
41

Interest Expense
128

 
11

 
150

 
(105
)
 
184

Other (Income) and Expense
(18
)
 
(15
)
 
(57
)
 
219

 
129

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes and Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
(39
)
 
69

 
211

 
(19
)
 
222

United States and Foreign Taxes
14

 
19

 
80

 
(2
)
 
111

Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
141

 
(5
)
 

 
(136
)
 

Net Income (Loss)
88

 
45

 
131

 
(153
)
 
111

Less: Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

 

 
23

 

 
23

Goodyear Net Income (Loss)
88

 
45

 
108

 
(153
)
 
88

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends
15

 

 

 

 
15

Goodyear Net Income (Loss) available to Common Shareholders
$
73

 
$
45

 
$
108

 
$
(153
)
 
$
73

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
204

 
$
75

 
$
126

 
$
(185
)
 
$
220

Less: Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to Minority Shareholders

 

 
20

 
(4
)
 
16

Goodyear Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
204

 
$
75

 
$
106

 
$
(181
)
 
$
204



 
Consolidating Statement of Operations
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net Sales
$
4,394

 
$
1,366

 
$
12,793

 
$
(7,531
)
 
$
11,022

Cost of Goods Sold
3,923

 
1,212

 
11,519

 
(7,621
)
 
9,033

Selling, Administrative and General Expense
464

 
89

 
872

 
(4
)
 
1,421

Rationalizations
37

 
3

 
15

 

 
55

Interest Expense
127

 
10

 
95

 
(77
)
 
155

Other (Income) and Expense
(94
)
 
(12
)
 
(39
)
 
197

 
52

Income (Loss) before Income Taxes and Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
(63
)
 
64

 
331

 
(26
)
 
306

United States and Foreign Taxes
(1
)
 
8

 
124

 
(5
)
 
126

Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries
212

 
14

 

 
(226
)
 

Net Income (Loss)
150

 
70

 
207

 
(247
)
 
180

Less: Minority Shareholders’ Net Income

 

 
30

 

 
30

Goodyear Net Income (Loss)
150

 
70

 
177

 
(247
)
 
150

Less: Preferred Stock Dividends
7

 

 

 

 
7

Goodyear Net Income (Loss) available to Common Shareholders
$
143

 
$
70

 
$
177

 
$
(247
)
 
$
143

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
341

 
$
81

 
$
344

 
$
(346
)
 
$
420

Less: Comprehensive Income Attributable to Minority Shareholders

 

 
62

 
17

 
79

Goodyear Comprehensive Income (Loss)
$
341

 
$
81

 
$
282

 
$
(363
)
 
$
341


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)



 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Cash Flows from Operating Activities
$
162

 
$
(17
)
 
$
(447
)
 
$
(149
)
 
$
(451
)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(111
)
 
(7
)
 
(374
)
 
2

 
(490
)
Asset dispositions
1

 

 
8

 

 
9

Capital contributions

 

 
(38
)
 
38

 

Increase in restricted cash

 

 
(18
)
 

 
(18
)
Other transactions
4

 

 
(17
)
 

 
(13
)
Total Cash Flows from Investing Activities
(106
)
 
(7
)
 
(439
)
 
40

 
(512
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short term debt and overdrafts incurred

 

 
34

 

 
34

Short term debt and overdrafts paid

 

 
(42
)
 

 
(42
)
Long term debt incurred
800

 

 
1,466

 

 
2,266

Long term debt paid
(756
)
 

 
(1,054
)
 

 
(1,810
)
Preferred stock dividends paid
(15
)
 

 

 

 
(15
)
Capital contributions and loans
(55
)
 

 
93

 
(38
)
 

Capital redemptions and loans
19

 

 
(19
)
 

 

Intercompany dividends paid

 

 
(147
)
 
147

 

Transactions with minority interests in subsidiaries
(17
)
 

 
(10
)
 

 
(27
)
Debt related costs and other transactions
(63
)
 

 

 

 
(63
)
Total Cash Flows from Financing Activities
(87
)
 

 
321

 
109

 
343

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 
1

 
3

 

 
4

Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
(31
)
 
(23
)
 
(562
)
 

 
(616
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of the Period
916

 
108

 
1,748

 

 
2,772

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of the Period
$
885

 
$
85

 
$
1,186

 
$

 
$
2,156


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(In millions)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating Entries and Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Cash Flows from Operating Activities
$
(337
)
 
$
15

 
$
(233
)
 
$
(114
)
 
$
(669
)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(118
)
 
(13
)
 
(401
)
 

 
(532
)
Asset dispositions
98

 

 
2

 

 
100

Increase in restricted cash

 

 
(51
)
 

 
(51
)
Total Cash Flows from Investing Activities
(20
)
 
(13
)
 
(450
)
 

 
(483
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short term debt and overdrafts incurred

 

 
64

 

 
64

Short term debt and overdrafts paid
(6
)
 
(2
)
 
(46
)
 

 
(54
)
Long term debt incurred

 

 
1,890

 

 
1,890

Long term debt paid
(350
)
 

 
(1,082
)
 

 
(1,432
)
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
485

 

 

 

 
485

Common stock issued
7

 

 

 

 
7

Intercompany dividends paid

 

 
(114
)
 
114

 

Transactions with minority interests in subsidiaries

 

 
(14
)
 

 
(14
)
 Debt related costs and other transactions
(2
)
 

 
(17
)
 

 
(19
)
Total Cash Flows from Financing Activities
134

 
(2
)
 
681

 
114

 
927

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 
1

 
23

 

 
24

Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
(223
)
 
1

 
21

 

 
(201
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of the Period
792

 
38

 
1,175

 

 
2,005

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of the Period
$
569

 
$
39

 
$
1,196

 
$

 
$
1,804



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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
      All per share amounts are diluted and refer to Goodyear net income (loss) available to common shareholders.
OVERVIEW
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tires, with one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and operations in most regions of the world. We have a broad global footprint with 53 manufacturing facilities in 22 countries, including the United States. We operate our business through four operating segments representing our regional tire businesses: North American Tire; Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire (“EMEA”); Latin American Tire; and Asia Pacific Tire.
We experienced a difficult economic environment and challenging industry conditions, particularly in Europe, in the second quarter of 2012. Our tire unit shipments in the second quarter of 2012 were down approximately 9% compared to the second quarter of 2011, reflecting weaker replacement volumes, most notably in Europe. Volatile economic conditions and high inflation and interest rates in emerging markets also continued to contribute to challenging industry conditions. In spite of these macroeconomic and industry-specific challenges, we produced improved segment operating income in each of our operating segments other than EMEA in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011 -- with North American Tire producing record segment operating income of $188 million.
In the second quarter of 2012, we cut our production by over 5 million units due to the lower sales volumes that we are experiencing. We expect to further cut our production and will take other cost saving actions in the second half of 2012, primarily in response to recessionary economic conditions in Europe. As a result of the production cuts we have made and plan to make in the future, we now expect the net impact of under-absorbed fixed costs to be approximately $150 million of cost in 2012, with the $80 million of expected cost savings from the closure of our Union City, Tennessee manufacturing facility (“Union City”) being more than offset by the impact of production cuts.
Improved price and product mix of $313 million more than offset the impact of raw material cost increases of $238 million on segment operating income, exclusive of the raw material cost savings included in our cost savings plan described below. Price and product mix also drove an 8% improvement in revenue per tire, excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter of 2011 , reflecting our continued focus on driving improved price and product mix through innovative product offerings in targeted market segments.
In the second quarter of 2012 , we realized approximately $74 million of cost savings, net of profit sharing costs in North American Tire under our United Steelworkers contract, including $67 million of raw material cost saving measures. We now expect to slightly exceed our 3-year (2010-12) cost savings goal of $1.0 billion. In the second quarter of 2012 , we incurred approximately $18 million of under-absorbed fixed overhead costs, net of cost savings from the closure of Union City, due largely to production cuts made in response to decreased demand, primarily in EMEA.
Net sales were $5,150 million in the second quarter of 2012 , compared to $5,620 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Net sales were $10,683 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to $11,022 million in the first six months of 2011 . Net sales in both periods decreased due to lower tire volumes, unfavorable foreign currency translation, primarily in EMEA, and lower sales in other tire-related businesses, primarily sales of chemical products in North American Tire. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix.
In the second quarter of 2012 , Goodyear net income was $ 92 million , compared to Goodyear net income of $ 47 million in the second quarter of 2011 . In the second quarter of 2012 , Goodyear net income available to common shareholders was $ 85 million , or $0.33 per share, compared to Goodyear net income available to common shareholders of $ 40 million , or $ 0.16 per share, in the second quarter of 2011 . Our total segment operating income for the second quarter of 2012 was $ 336 million , compared to $ 382 million in the second quarter of 2011 . The $46 million decrease in segment operating income was due primarily to increased conversion costs and lower tire volume. These were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $313 million, which more than offset an increase in raw material costs of $171 million, including the effect of raw material cost saving measures. See “Results of Operations — Segment Information” for additional information.

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In the first six months of 2012 , Goodyear net income was $88 million , compared to Goodyear net income of $150 million in the first six months of 2011 . In the first six months of 2012 , Goodyear net income available to common shareholders was $73 million , or $0.30 per share, reflecting $15 million of preferred stock dividends, compared to Goodyear net income available to common shareholders of $143 million , or $0.57 per share, reflecting $ 7 million of preferred stock dividends, in the first six months of 2011 . Our total segment operating income for the first six months of 2012 was $628 million , compared to segment operating income of $709 million in the first six months of 2011 . The $81 million decrease in segment operating income was due primarily to increased conversion costs and lower tire volume. These were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $838 million, which more than offset an increase in raw material costs of $591 million, including the effect of raw material cost saving measures. See "Results of Operations — Segment Information” for additional information.
At June 30, 2012 , we had $ 2,156 million in Cash and cash equivalents as well as $2,496 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $ 2,772 million and $2,544 million, respectively, at December 31, 2011 . Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $616 million from December 31, 2011 due primarily to cash used to fund a seasonal increase in working capital, capital expenditures and pension funding. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for additional information.
We now expect that our full-year tire unit volume for 2012 will be down approximately 5% to 7% compared with 2011 due to recessionary economic conditions in Europe and continuing economic weakness in other parts of the world. Global tire industry demand continues to be difficult to predict. For the full year in North America, we now expect consumer replacement to be down 1% to 3%, consumer original equipment to be up 5% to 10%, commercial replacement to be down 5% to 10%, and commercial original equipment to be up 10% to 15%. For the full year in Europe, consumer replacement is expected to be down 8% to 10%, consumer original equipment to be down 5% to 10%, commercial replacement to be down 3% to 8%, and commercial original equipment to be down 5% to 10%.
We expect our raw material costs in the third quarter of 2012 to be essentially flat when compared with the third quarter of 2011. For the full year of 2012, we now expect our raw material costs will increase approximately 7% compared with 2011. Natural and synthetic rubber prices and other commodity prices have experienced significant volatility, and this estimate could change based on fluctuations in the cost of these and other key raw materials. In order to address the impact of rising raw material costs, we are continuing to focus on price and product mix, to substitute lower cost materials where possible and to work to identify additional substitution opportunities, to reduce the amount of material required in each tire, and to pursue alternative raw materials including innovative bio-based materials. However, during periods of rapidly rising raw material costs, we may not be able to fully offset those raw material cost increases through the use of these strategies, although we remain confident in our ability to do so over the longer term.
See “Forward-Looking Information — Safe Harbor Statement” for a discussion of our use of forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
CONSOLIDATED
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $5,150 million , decreasing $470 million , or 8.4% , from $5,620 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Goodyear net income was $92 million in the second quarter of 2012 , compared to Goodyear net income of $47 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Goodyear net income available to common shareholders was $85 million , or $0.33 per share, in the second quarter of 2012 , compared to Goodyear net income available to common shareholders of $40 million , or $0.16 per share, in the second quarter of 2011 .
Net sales decreased in the second quarter of 2012 , due primarily to a decrease in tire volume of $379 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $315 million, and lower sales in other tire-related businesses of $117 million, primarily in North American Tire. This was partially offset by an increase in price and product mix of $347 million. Consumer and commercial net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $2,709 million and $1,038 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales in the second quarter of 2011 were $2,873 million and $1,159 million, respectively.
Worldwide tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 were 39.2 million units, decreasing 3.7 million units, or 8.6% , from 42.9 million units in the second quarter of 2011 . A decrease of 4.5 million units, or 14.2%, in replacement tire volume was partially offset by an increase of 0.8 million units, or 6.0%, in original equipment ("OE") tire volume. The decrease in replacement tires was a result of continued soft economic conditions, primarily in EMEA, which slowed retail demand. Consumer and commercial tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 were 35.5 million and 3.2 million , respectively. Consumer and commercial tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2011 were 38.6 million and 3.7 million , respectively.
Cost of goods sold (“CGS”) in the second quarter of 2012 was $4,141 million , decreasing $431 million , or 9.4% , from $4,572 million in the second quarter of 2011 . CGS decreased due to lower tire volume of $309 million, favorable foreign currency translation of $250 million, and lower costs in other tire-related businesses of $112 million. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in raw material costs of $171 million and increased conversion costs of $81 million. Conversion costs included higher under-absorbed fixed overhead costs of approximately $18 million due to lower production volume at existing plants, primarily in EMEA, net of cost savings of approximately $20 million from the closure of Union City; incremental start-up expenses for our new manufacturing facility in Pulandian, China of $5 million; and inflationary cost increases. CGS in the second quarter of 2012 included $2 million ($2 million after-tax or $0.01 per share) in charges related to repairs for 2011 tornado damage at our manufacturing facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The second quarter of 2012 also included accelerated depreciation of $3 million ($2 million after-tax or $0.01 per share), primarily related to the planned closure of our Dalian, China manufacturing facility in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $25 million ($24 million after-tax or $0.10 per share) in the 2011 period, primarily related to the closure of Union City. CGS was 80.4% of sales in the second quarter of 2012 compared to 81.4% in the second quarter of 2011 .
Selling, administrative and general expense (“SAG”) in the second quarter of 2012 was $697 million , decreasing $56 million , or 7.4% , from $753 million in the second quarter of 2011 . The decrease in SAG was primarily driven by favorable foreign currency translation of $52 million. SAG included $1 million in savings from rationalization plans. SAG was 13.5% of sales in the second quarter of 2012 , compared to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2011 .
We recorded net rationalization charges of $26 million in the second quarter of 2012 ($23 million after-tax or $0.08 per share). Rationalization actions initiated in the second quarter of 2012 primarily consisted of SAG headcount reductions in EMEA and retail store closings in Asia Pacific Tire.
We recorded net rationalization charges of $46 million in the second quarter of 2011 ($41 million after-tax or $0.17 per share), primarily related to the closure of Union City.
Interest expense in the second quarter of 2012 was $83 million , increasing $2 million , or 2.5% , from $81 million in the second quarter of 2011 . The increase is a result of higher average debt balances of $5,651 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to $5,294 in the second quarter of 2011 , partially offset by a decrease in average interest rates to 5.88% in the second quarter of 2012 compared to 6.12% in the second quarter of 2011 .
Other Expense in the second quarter of 2012 was $37 million , decreasing $11 million from $48 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Financing fees were $34 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared to $63 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Financing fees in the second quarter of 2012 included $24 million of charges ($24 million after-tax or $0.09 per share) for debt issuance costs, primarily related to the amendment and restatement of our U.S. second lien term loan facility. In the second quarter of 2011, we recorded $53 million ($53 million after-tax or $0.22 per share) in financing fees related to the redemption of $350 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016, of which $37 million related to cash premiums paid on the redemption and $16 million related to the write-off of deferred financing fees and unamortized discount. Net gains on asset sales were $13 million ($10 million after-tax or $0.03 per share) in the second quarter of 2012 compared to net

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gains on asset sales of $11 million ($10 million after-tax or $0.04 per share) in the 2011 period. Net gains on asset sales in 2012 included gains on the sale of a minority interest in a retail business in EMEA and the sale of certain assets related to our bias truck tire business in Latin American Tire. Net gains on asset sales in 2011 included gains on the sale of the farm tire business in Latin American Tire and the recognition of a deferred gain from the sale of property in North American Tire. Also included in Other Expense was a charge of $20 million ($20 million after-tax or $0.07 per share) related to labor claims in EMEA.
Tax expense in the second quarter of 2012 was $63 million on income before income taxes of $166 million . Income tax expense in the second quarter of 2012 was unfavorably impacted by $3 million ($2 million after minority interest or $0.01 per share) due to various discrete items. In the second quarter of 2011 , we recorded tax expense of $64 million on income before income taxes of $120 million . Income tax expense in the second quarter of 2011 was unfavorably impacted by $10 million ( $7 million after minority interest or $0.03 per share) due primarily to increased tax reserves as a result of negative tax court rulings in a foreign jurisdiction.
Minority shareholders’ net income in the second quarter of 2012 was $11 million , compared to $9 million in 2011 . The increase was due primarily to increased earnings in our joint venture in North America and certain Asia Pacific Tire subsidiaries, partially offset by lower earnings in our joint venture in Europe.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Net sales in the first six months of 2012 were $10,683 million , decreasing $339 million, or 3.1%, from $11,022 million in the first six months of 2011 . Goodyear net income was $88 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to Goodyear net income of $150 million in the first six months of 2011 . Goodyear net income available to common shareholders was $73 million , or $0.30 per share, reflecting $15 million of preferred stock dividends, in the first six months of 2012 , compared to Goodyear net income available to common shareholders of $143 million , or $0.57 per share, reflecting $7 million of preferred stock dividends, in the first six months of 2011 .
Net sales decreased in the first six months of 2012 due to lower tire volume of $727 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $423 million, primarily in EMEA, $111 million in other tire-related business' sales, primarily in North American Tire, and the 2011 divestiture of our Latin American farm tire business of $27 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $951 million. Consumer and commercial net sales in the first six months of 2012 were $5,708 million and $2,128 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial net sales in the first six months of 2011 were $5,774 million and $2,213 million, respectively.
Worldwide tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 were 82.2 million units, decreasing 7.5 million units, or 8.4% , from 89.7 million units in the first six months of 2011 . Replacement tire volume decreased 8.7 million units, or 13.3% , due primarily to weakening industry volumes. OE tire volume increased 1.2 million units, or 4.8% , primarily in North American Tire due to increased consumer vehicle production. Consumer and commercial tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 were 74.5 million and 6.5 million, respectively. Consumer and commercial tire unit sales in the first six months of 2011 were 81.1 million and 7.3 million, respectively.
CGS in the first six months of 2012 was $8,748 million , decreasing $285 million, or 3.2%, from $9,033 million in the first six months of 2011 . CGS decreased due to lower tire volume of $603 million, favorable foreign currency translation of $341 million, lower costs in other tire-related businesses of $122 million, and the divestiture of the farm tire business in Latin American Tire of $24 million. This was partially offset by higher raw material costs of $591 million, increased conversion costs of $157 million, and product mix-related manufacturing cost increases of $113 million. The higher conversion costs were caused primarily by higher under-absorbed fixed overhead costs of approximately $63 million due to lower production volume, primarily in EMEA, and incremental start-up expenses for our new manufacturing facility in Pulandian, China of $12 million, which were partially offset by savings from rationalization plans of approximately $42 million. CGS in the first six months of 2012 included $2 million ($2 million after-tax or $0.01 per share) in charges related to repairs for 2011 tornado damage at our manufacturing facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The first six months of 2012 also included accelerated depreciation of $6 million ($4 million after-tax or $0.02 per share), primarily related to the planned closure of our Dalian, China manufacturing facility in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $34 million ($33 million after-tax or $0.13 per share) in the 2011 period, primarily related to the closure of Union City. CGS was 81.9% of sales in the first six months of 2012 , compared to 82.0% in the first six months of 2011 .
SAG in the first six months of 2012 was $1,359 million , decreasing $62 million, or 4.4%, from $1,421 million in the first six months of 2011 . The decrease in SAG was primarily driven by favorable foreign currency translation of $67 million and lower advertising expenses of $8 million, which were partially offset by increased rent of $8 million, warehousing of $7 million, and inflation. SAG included $4 million in savings from rationalization plans. SAG was 12.7% of sales in the first six months of 2012 , compared to 12.9% in the first six months of 2011 .
We recorded net rationalization charges of $41 million ($35 million after-tax or $0.14 per share) in the first six months of 2012 , which included $17 million of charges related to the closure of Union City. Rationalization actions initiated in 2012 primarily consisted of manufacturing and SAG headcount reductions in EMEA and retail store closings in Asia Pacific Tire.

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We recorded net rationalization charges of $55 million ($50 million after-tax or $0.19 per share) in the first six months of 2011 . Rationalization actions initiated in 2011 primarily consisted of manufacturing and SAG headcount reductions in EMEA and Asia Pacific Tire.
Upon completion of the 2012 plans, we estimate that annual operating costs will be reduced by approximately $20 million ($2 million in CGS and $18 million in SAG). The savings realized in 2012 for the 2012 plans totaled $1 million ($1 million in SAG). In addition, the savings realized in 2012 for the 2011 and prior years' plans totaled $45 million ($42 million in CGS and $3 million in SAG). For further information, refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 2, Costs Associated with Rationalization Programs.
Interest expense in the first six months of 2012 was $184 million , increasing $29 million, or 18.7%, from $155 million in the first six months of 2011 . The increase is a result of higher average debt balances of $5,533 million in the first six months of 2012 compared to $5,154 in the first six months of 2011 , and an increase in average interest rates to 6.18% in the first six months of 2012 compared to 6.01% in the first six months of 2011 . In addition, we recorded an adjustment of $13 million of expense to correct capitalized interest recorded in prior periods.
Other Expense in the first six months of 2012 was $129 million , increasing $77 million from $52 million in the first six months of 2011 . In the first six months of 2012, financing fees included a charge of $24 million ($24 million after-tax or $0.10 per share), primarily related to the amendment and restatement of our U.S. second lien term loan facility in the second quarter. Also included was a first quarter charge of $86 million ($86 million after-tax or $0.35 per share) related to the redemption of $650 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016, of which $59 million related to cash premiums paid on the redemption and $27 million related to the write-off of deferred financing fees and unamortized discount. In the first six months of 2011 , we recorded $53 million ($53 million after-tax or $0.20 per share) in financing fees related to the redemption of $350 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016, of which $37 million was a cash premium paid on the redemption and $16 million related to the write-off of deferred financing fees and unamortized discount. Net gains on asset sales were $17 million ($13 million after-tax or $0.05 per share) in the first six months of 2012 compared to $13 million ($11 million after-tax or $0.04 per share) in the 2011 period. Net gains on asset sales in 2012 included second quarter gains on the sale of a minority interest in a retail business in EMEA and the sale of certain assets related to our bias truck tire business in Latin American Tire, and a first quarter gain on the sale of property in North American Tire. Net gains in the first six months of 2011 related primarily to the sale of the farm tire business in Latin American Tire and the recognition of a deferred gain from the sale of property in North American Tire. Also included in Other Expense was a charge of $20 million ($20 million after-tax or $0.08 per share) related to labor claims in EMEA.
Tax expense in the first six months of 2012 was $111 million on income before income taxes of $222 million . Income tax expense was unfavorably impacted by $6 million ( $5 million after minority interest or $0.02 per share) due primarily to the settlement of prior tax years. In the first six months of 2011 , we recorded tax expense of $126 million on income before income taxes of $306 million . Income tax expense was unfavorably impacted by $18 million ( $13 million after minority interest or $0.05 per share) due primarily to the settlement of prior tax years and to increased tax reserves as a result of negative tax court rulings in a foreign jurisdiction.
We record taxes based on overall estimated annual effective tax rates. The difference between our effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate was primarily attributable to continuing to maintain a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets in certain international subsidiaries. Our losses in various taxing jurisdictions in recent periods represented sufficient negative evidence to require us to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain of our net deferred tax assets. In certain foreign locations, it is reasonably possible that sufficient positive evidence required to release all, or a portion of these valuation allowances within the next 12 months will exist, however, we do not expect any such changes to have a significant impact on our results of operations.
For further information, refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 4, Income Taxes.
Minority shareholders’ net income in the first six months of 2012 was $23 million , compared to net income of $30 million in 2011 . The decrease was due primarily to decreased earnings in our joint venture in Europe, partially offset by an improvement in earnings in our joint venture in North America.


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SEGMENT INFORMATION
Segment information reflects our strategic business units (“SBUs”), which are organized to meet customer requirements and global competition and are segmented on a regional basis.
Results of operations are measured based on net sales to unaffiliated customers and segment operating income. Each segment exports tires to other segments. The financial results of each segment exclude sales of tires exported to other segments, but include operating income derived from such transactions. Segment operating income is computed as follows: Net Sales less CGS (excluding asset write-off and accelerated depreciation charges) and SAG (including certain allocated corporate administrative expenses). Segment operating income also includes certain royalties and equity in earnings of most affiliates. Segment operating income does not include net rationalization charges (credits), asset sales and certain other items.
Total segment operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was $336 million , decreasing $46 million from $382 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Total segment operating margin (segment operating income divided by segment sales) in the second quarter of 2012 was 6.5% , compared to 6.8% in the second quarter of 2011 .
Management believes that total segment operating income is useful because it represents the aggregate value of income created by our SBUs and excludes items not directly related to the SBUs for performance evaluation purposes. Total segment operating income is the sum of the individual SBUs’ segment operating income. Refer to the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 6, Business Segments, for further information and for a reconciliation of total segment operating income to Income before Income Taxes.
North American Tire
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
 June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
Tire Units
15.4

 
15.7

 
(0.3
)
 
(1.4
)%
 
31.2

 
32.8

 
(1.6
)
 
(4.8
)%
Net Sales
$
2,451

 
$
2,411

 
$
40

 
1.7
 %
 
$
4,948

 
$
4,718

 
$
230

 
4.9
 %
Operating Income
188

 
137

 
51

 
37.2
 %
 
268

 
177

 
91

 
51.4
 %
Operating Margin
7.7
%
 
5.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
5.4
%
 
3.8
%
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
North American Tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 decreased 0.3 million units, or 1.4% , to 15.4 million units. The decrease was due primarily to a reduction in replacement tire volume of 1.2 million units, or 9.6%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting lower industry demand and decreased sales of lower end consumer products during the second quarter of 2012. Increased OE tire volume, primarily in our consumer business, of 0.9 million units, or 24.2% , partially offset this decrease.
Net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $2,451 million , increasing $40 million , or 1.7% , from $2,411 million in the second quarter of 2011 due primarily to improved price and product mix of $146 million. Lower sales in our other tire-related businesses of $81 million, driven by a decrease in the price and volume of third-party sales of chemical products, lower tire volume of $20 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $6 million partially offset these improvements.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was $188 million , improving $51 million , or 37.2% , from $137 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Operating income improved due primarily to improved price and product mix of $176 million which more than offset higher raw material costs of $114 million. Operating income also benefited from lower conversion costs of $4 million. Conversion costs included net savings from rationalization plans of $27 million, primarily related to the closure of Union City in July 2011, partially offset by higher pension expense and inflationary cost increases. These improvements in operating income were partially offset by decreased profits in our other tire-related businesses of $8 million, driven by a decrease in the price and volume of third-party sales of chemical products, and lower tire volume of $2 million. SAG expense for the second quarter of 2012 was consistent with the prior year.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 excluded net rationalization charges of $13 million , primarily related to costs associated with the closure of Union City, and net gains on asset sales of $2 million . Operating income in the second quarter of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $34 million and charges for accelerated depreciation of $24 million , primarily related to the closure of Union City, and net gains on asset sales of $5 million .

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
North American Tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 decreased 1.6 million units, or 4.8% , to 31.2 million units. The decrease was due primarily to a reduction in replacement tire volume of 3.0 million units, or 12.0%, primarily in our consumer business, reflecting lower industry demand and decreased sales of lower end consumer products during the first half of 2012. Increased OE tire volume, primarily in our consumer business, of 1.4 million, or 17.2%, partially offset this decrease.
Net sales in the first six months of 2012 were $4,948 million , increasing $230 million , or 4.9% , from $4,718 million in the first six months of 2011 . The increase was due primarily to improved price and product mix of $444 million. Lower tire volume of $140 million and lower sales in our other tire-related businesses of $66 million, driven by a decrease in the price and volume of third-party sales of chemical products, partially offset these improvements.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 was $268 million , improving $91 million , or 51.4% , from $177 million in the first six months of 2011 . Operating income improved due primarily to improved price and product mix of $422 million which more than offset increased raw material costs of $298 million. Additionally, SAG expenses decreased $7 million, primarily due to lower warehousing costs. These improvements were partially offset by increased conversion costs of $20 million and decreased tire volume of $15 million. Higher conversion costs were driven primarily by inflation and increased pension expense. Conversion costs and SAG expenses included net savings from rationalization plans of $33 million and $2 million, respectively, primarily related to the closure of Union City.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 excluded net rationalization charges of $19 million , primarily related to the closure of Union City, and net gains on asset sales of $4 million . Operating income in the first six months of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $40 million and charges for accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $32 million , primarily related to the closure of Union City, and net gains on asset sales of $5 million .
Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
Tire Units
14.2

 
17.0

 
(2.8
)
 
(16.7
)%
 
32.2

 
36.7

 
(4.5
)
 
(12.4
)%
Net Sales
$
1,596

 
$
1,943

 
$
(347
)
 
(17.9
)%
 
$
3,534

 
$
3,902

 
$
(368
)
 
(9.4
)%
Operating Income
19

 
126

 
(107
)
 
(84.9
)%
 
109

 
279

 
(170
)
 
(60.9
)%
Operating Margin
1.2
%
 
6.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
3.1
%
 
7.2
%
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 decreased 2.8 million units, or 16.7% , to 14.2 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 2.6 million units, or 20.1%, primarily in consumer replacement due to economic weakness and uncertainty in the region, which slowed retail demand, and to high trade inventory levels following weak dealer seasonal tire sales. OE tire volume decreased 0.2 million units, or 6.8%, mainly in consumer OE.
Net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $1,596 million , decreasing $347 million , or 17.9% , from $1,943 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Net sales decreased due primarily to lower tire volume of $295 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $194 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $139 million.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was $19 million , decreasing $107 million , or 84.9% , from $126 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Operating income decreased due primarily to lower tire volume of $56 million, higher conversion costs of $54 million, and an increase in SAG expenses of $6 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $60 million which more than offset increased raw material costs of $48 million. Conversion costs were negatively impacted by higher under-absorbed fixed overhead costs of $40 million on lower production volume. SAG expenses increased primarily due to higher warehousing costs, and included savings from rationalizations plans of $1 million.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 excluded a charge of $20 million related to labor claims with respect to a previously closed facility, net gains on asset sales of $7 million and net rationalization charges of $5 million . Operating income in the second quarter of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $6 million and net gains on asset sales of $1 million .

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 decreased 4.5 million units, or 12.4% , to  32.2 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 4.3 million units, or 15.3%, primarily in consumer replacement due to economic weakness and uncertainty in the region, which slowed retail demand, and to high trade inventory levels following weak dealer seasonal tire sales. OE tire volume decreased 0.2 million units, or 3.1%, mainly in consumer OE.
Net sales in the first six months of 2012 were $3,534 million , decreasing $368 million, or 9.4%, from $3,902 million in the first six months of 2011 . Net sales decreased due primarily to lower tire volume of $447 million and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $288 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $366 million.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 was $109 million , decreasing $170 million from $279 million in the first six months of 2011 . Operating income decreased due primarily to higher conversion costs of $91 million, lower tire volume of $84 million and an increase in SAG expenses of $32 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $269 million which more than offset increased raw material costs of $225 million. Conversion costs were negatively impacted by higher under-absorbed fixed overhead of $60 million on lower volume. The increase in SAG expenses is due primarily to an increase in warehousing expenses of $10 million, higher wages and benefits of $7 million, increased advertising expenses of $7 million and other inflationary pressures. Conversion costs and SAG expenses included savings from rationalization plans of $1 million and $2 million, respectively.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 excluded a charge of $20 million related to labor claims with respect to a previously closed facility, net rationalization charges of $10 million and net gains on asset sales of $8 million . Operating income in the first six months of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $7 million and net gains on asset sales of $2 million .
Latin American Tire
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
Tire Units
4.3

 
5.0

 
(0.7
)
 
(14.1
)%
 
8.6

 
9.9

 
(1.3
)
 
(12.9
)%
Net Sales
$
503

 
$
640

 
$
(137
)
 
(21.4
)%
 
$
1,024

 
$
1,225

 
$
(201
)
 
(16.4
)%
Operating Income
58

 
54

 
4

 
7.4
 %
 
113

 
121

 
(8
)
 
(6.6
)%
Operating Margin
11.5
%
 
8.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
11.0
%
 
9.9
%
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Latin American Tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 decreased 0.7 million units, or 14.1% , to  4.3 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.4 million units, or 13.9%. OE tire volume decreased 0.3 million units, or 14.3%. The decrease in unit volume was primarily due to weaker industry volumes and increased competition.
Net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $503 million , decreasing $137 million , or 21.4% , from $640 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Net sales decreased due primarily to lower tire volume of $77 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $77 million and $32 million due to other tire-related business. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $53 million.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was $58 million , increasing $4 million , or 7.4% , from $54 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Operating income increased due primarily to improved price and product mix of $56 million which more than offset higher raw material costs of $12 million, and higher profits on intersegment sales of $10 million. These increases were partially offset by higher conversion costs of $21 million, lower tire volume of $17 million, higher SAG expenses of $8 million, and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $3 million. Conversion costs increased primarily due to inflationary cost increases. The increase in SAG expenses is due primarily to increased wages of $5 million and warehousing expense of $5 million.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 and 2011 excluded gains on asset sales of $3 million .
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Latin American Tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 decreased  1.3 million units, or 12.9% , to 8.6 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.8 million units, or 13.0%, primarily in the lower end of the consumer tire market due to competition, and OE tire volume decreased 0.5 million units, or 12.7%, driven by lower industry volumes in consumer and commercial. Approximately 0.1 million of the total unit decline was attributable to the divestiture of our farm tire business.

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Net sales in the first six months of 2012 were $1,024 million , decreasing $201 million , or 16.4%, from $1,225 million in the first six months of 2011 . Net sales decreased due primarily to lower volume of $132 million, unfavorable foreign currency translation of $97 million, mainly in Brazil, lower sales by other tire-related businesses of $34 million, and the divestiture of the farm tire business of $27 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $90 million.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 was $113 million , decreasing $8 million, or 6.6%, from $121 million in the first six months of 2011 . Operating income decreased due primarily to lower tire volume of $29 million, higher conversion costs of $24 million, higher SAG expenses of $9 million, decreased profits in other tire-related businesses of $6 million, the divestiture of the farm tire business of $3 million, and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $3 million. These decreases were partially offset by improved price and product mix of $97 million which more than offset increased raw material costs of $49 million and higher profits on intersegment sales of $18 million. The higher conversion costs were primarily driven by wage inflation. The increase in SAG expenses is due primarily to increased wages of $9 million and warehousing expense of $5 million.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 excluded net gains on asset sales of $3 million and net rationalization charges of $2 million . Operating income in the first six months of 2011 excluded net gains on asset sales of $4 million .
Asia Pacific Tire
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
Tire Units
5.3

 
5.2

 
0.1

 
2.0
 %
 
10.2

 
10.3

 
(0.1
)
 
(1.0
)%
Net Sales
$
600

 
$
626

 
$
(26
)
 
(4.2
)%
 
$
1,177

 
$
1,177

 
$

 
 %
Operating Income
71

 
65

 
6

 
9.2
 %
 
138

 
132

 
6

 
4.5
 %
Operating Margin
11.8
%
 
10.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
11.7
%
 
11.2
%
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Asia Pacific Tire unit sales in the second quarter of 2012 increased 0.1 million units, or 2.0% , to 5.3 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.3 million units, or 7.9%, while OE tire volume increased 0.4 million units, or 18.7% . The decrease in replacement volume primarily resulted from a weak retail environment in Australia and slowing economic conditions, primarily in India. Higher OE volume was primarily driven by growth in consumer tire volume in China and India.
Net sales in the second quarter of 2012 were $600 million , decreasing $26 million , or 4.2% , from $626 million in the second quarter of 2011 . Net sales decreased due primarily to lower foreign currency translation of $38 million primarily from the depreciation of the Indian rupee and Australian dollar, and lower non-tire retail operation sales of $7 million. These decreases were partially offset by higher volume of $10 million and increased price and product mix of $9 million.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was $71 million , increasing $6 million , or 9.2% , from $65 million in the second quarter of 2011 . The increase in operating income in the second quarter of 2012 was driven by improved price and product mix of $21 million, lower raw material costs of $3 million and higher volume of $5 million. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency translation of $6 million, incremental start-up expenses for our new manufacturing facility in Pulandian, China of $5 million, higher conversion costs of $5 million, and $2 million of costs, net of insurance recoveries, incurred related to the Thailand flood.
Restoration of our facility in Thailand, which was closed following severe flooding in the fourth quarter of 2011, continued in the second quarter and we completed the ramp-up to full production. In addition to the $2 million net loss in Asia Pacific Tire's operating income, we also recognized an offsetting net benefit in the remainder of the Company from insurance recoveries. Insurance recoveries of $7 million offset losses of $7 million recognized in the second quarter of 2012. We do not expect the impact on our results of operations to be material due to available insurance coverage.
Operating income in the second quarter of 2012 excluded net rationalization charges of $8 million and charges for accelerated depreciation of $4 million . Operating income in the second quarter of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $6 million and charges for accelerated depreciation of $1 million .


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Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011
Asia Pacific Tire unit sales in the first six months of 2012 decreased 0.1 million units, or 1.0% , to 10.2 million units. Replacement tire volume decreased 0.6 million units, or 9.5%, primarily in our consumer business, while OE tire volume increased 0.5 million units, or 12.5%, also primarily in our consumer business. Decreases in replacement sales were primarily a result of the continuing effect of flooding that occurred in Thailand in the fourth quarter of 2011, a weak retail environment in Australia and slowing economic conditions, primarily in India. Higher OE volume was primarily driven by growth in consumer tire volume in China and India.
Net sales in the first six months of 2012 and 2011 were $1,177 million . Net sales increased due to improved price and product mix of $51 million, which was offset by unfavorable currency translation of $31 million primarily from the depreciation of the Indian rupee, lower non-tire retail operation sales of $12 million and lower volume of $8 million.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 was $138 million , increasing $6 million, or 4.5%, from $132 million in the first six months of 2011 . Operating income increased due primarily to improved price and product mix of $50 million, which more than offset increased raw material costs of $19 million, higher equity income from a Japanese joint venture of $8 million, and increased volume of $4 million. These increases were partially offset by incremental start-up expenses for our new manufacturing facility in Pulandian, China of $12 million, higher conversion costs of $10 million, higher SAG expenses of $6 million, primarily to support sales growth in China, and unfavorable foreign currency translation of $5 million.
In the first six months of 2012, insurance recoveries related to the flood in Thailand offset costs incurred in Asia Pacific Tire's operating income. We also recognized a net benefit of $6 million, primarily in Corporate costs, which resulted in an overall $6 million ($5 million after-tax or $0.02 per share) benefit. The combined $6 million benefit resulted from insurance recoveries of $36 million offsetting losses of $30 million recognized in the first six months of 2012.
In 2012, start-up expenses at our new manufacturing facility in Pulandian, China and under-absorbed overhead costs at our Dalian, China manufacturing facility that is expected to be closed in the third quarter of 2012 are anticipated to adversely impact Asia Pacific Tire's operating income by $30 million to $40 million compared to 2011.
Operating income in the first six months of 2012 excluded net rationalization charges of $10 million and charges for accelerated depreciation of $6 million . Operating income in the first six months of 2011 excluded net rationalization charges of $8 million and charges for accelerated depreciation and asset write-offs of $2 million .


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from our operating and financing activities. Our cash flows from operating activities are driven primarily by our operating results and changes in our working capital requirements and our cash flows from financing activities are dependent upon our ability to access credit or other capital.
We experienced a difficult economic environment and challenging industry conditions, particularly in Europe, in the second quarter of 2012. Volatile economic conditions and high inflation and interest rates in emerging markets also continued to contribute to challenging industry conditions. In spite of these challenges, at June 30, 2012, we had solid liquidity, with approximately $4.7 billion of cash and cash equivalents and unused availability under our credit facilities.
In 2012, we have taken significant steps to improve our capital structure through the following actions:

Issued $700 million of 7% senior notes due 2022, and used the proceeds of that note issuance to redeem all of our outstanding $650 million 10.5% senior notes due 2016;
Amended and restated our existing U.S. first lien revolving credit facility by extending the maturity from 2013 to 2017 and increasing the available commitments from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion; and
Amended and restated our existing U.S. second lien term loan facility by extending the maturity from 2014 to 2019.
At June 30, 2012 , we had $2,156 million  in Cash and cash equivalents, compared to $2,772 million at December 31, 2011 . For the six months ended June 30, 2012 , net cash used by operating activities was $451 million driven primarily by higher seasonal working capital needs of $768 million. Consistent with prior years, our working capital increased in the first half of 2012 due primarily to an increase in accounts receivable, mainly in EMEA. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 , net cash used by investing activities was $512 million and net cash provided by financing activities was $343 million. Capital expenditures of $490 million drove the use of cash for investing activities. Cash and cash equivalents were favorably affected by net borrowings of $448 million.
At June 30, 2012 , we had $2,496 million of unused availability under our various credit agreements, compared to $2,544 million at December 31, 2011 . The table below provides unused availability under our credit facilities at those dates:
 
June 30,
 
December 31,
(In millions)
2012
 
2011
First lien revolving credit facility
$
1,457

 
$
1,093

European revolving credit facility
208

 
511

Chinese credit facilities
106

 
188

Other domestic and international debt
308

 
410

Notes payable and overdrafts
417

 
342

 
$
2,496

 
$
2,544

At June 30, 2012 , our unused availability included $ 106 million which can only be used to finance the relocation and expansion of our manufacturing facility in China. These credit facilities, along with government grants, should provide funding for most of the cost related to the relocation and expansion of this manufacturing facility. There were $469 million of borrowings outstanding under these credit facilities at June 30, 2012 .
We have deposited our cash and cash equivalents and entered into various credit agreements and derivative contracts with financial institutions that we considered to be substantial and creditworthy at the time of such transactions. We seek to control our exposure to these financial institutions by diversifying our deposits, credit agreements and derivative contracts across multiple financial institutions, by setting deposit and counterparty credit limits based on long term credit ratings and other indicators of credit risk such as credit default swap spreads, and by monitoring the financial strength of these financial institutions on a regular basis. We also enter into master netting agreements with counterparties when possible. By controlling and monitoring exposure to financial institutions in this manner, we believe that we effectively manage the risk of loss due to nonperformance by a financial institution. However, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses or delays in accessing our deposits or lines of credit due to the nonperformance of a financial institution. Our inability to access our cash deposits or make draws on our lines of credit, or the inability of a counterparty to fulfill its contractual obligations to us, could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial position or results of operations in the period in which it occurs.

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In 2012, we expect our operating needs to include global contributions to our funded pension plans of approximately $550 million to $600 million and our investing needs to include capital expenditures of approximately $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion. We also expect interest expense to range between $350 million and $370 million and, when and if future dividends are declared, dividends on our mandatory convertible preferred stock to be $28 million. We intend to operate the business in a way that allows us to address these needs with our existing cash and available credit if they cannot be funded by cash generated from operations.
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (the "MAP-21 Act") was signed into law on July 6, 2012 and contains provisions that stabilize the interest rates used to calculate required pension contributions in the United States. Current historically low interest rates have resulted in significant increases to required pension contributions. The funding stabilization provisions of the MAP-21 Act are expected to reduce our total U.S. minimum required pension contributions by approximately $375 million to $425 million in the aggregate over the next five years, with the greatest benefit coming in 2013 and 2014. The impact on our 2012 pension expense will not be significant, and we continue to expect to record pension expense of $275 million to $325 million for the year. In addition, the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (the “Pension Relief Act”) also provided funding relief for U.S. defined benefit pension plan sponsors by deferring near-term contributions. As allowed by the Pension Relief Act, we elected funding relief for the 2009 and 2011 plan years. Minimum contribution requirements starting with the 2012 plan year will be determined under the provisions of the MAP-21 Act. We currently estimate that we will be required to make contributions to our funded U.S. pension plans of approximately $425 million to $450 million in 2012 and $225 million to $275 million in 2013.
In addition, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (“SRI”) has minority exit rights upon the occurrence of certain events enumerated in the global alliance agreements, including certain bankruptcy events, changes in our control or breaches (subject to notice and the opportunity to cure) of the global alliance agreements. SRI’s exit rights, if triggered and exercised, could require us to make a substantial payment to acquire SRI’s interests in Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V. (“GDTE”) and Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. (“GDTNA”) following the determination of the fair value of SRI’s interests. For further information regarding our global alliance with SRI, including the events that could trigger SRI’s exit rights, see “Item 1. Business. Description of Goodyear’s Business — Global Alliance” in our 2011 Form 10-K. As of the date of this filing, SRI has not provided us notice of any exit rights that have become exercisable.
Our ability to service debt and operational requirements is also dependent, in part, on the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions of cash to various other entities in our consolidated group, whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise. In certain countries where we operate, such as China, Venezuela, and South Africa, transfers of funds into or out of such countries by way of dividends, loans, advances or payments to third-party or affiliated suppliers are generally or periodically subject to certain requirements, such as obtaining approval from the foreign government and/or currency exchange board before net assets can be transferred out of the country. In addition, certain of our credit agreements and other debt instruments limit the ability of foreign subsidiaries to make distributions of cash. Thus, we would have to repay and/or amend these credit agreements and other debt instruments in order to use this cash to service our consolidated debt. Because of the inherent uncertainty of satisfactorily meeting these requirements or limitations, we do not consider the net assets of our subsidiaries, including our Chinese, Venezuelan and South African subsidiaries, that are subject to such requirements or limitations to be integral to our liquidity or our ability to service our debt and operational requirements. At June 30, 2012 , approximately $659 million of net assets, including $519 million of cash and cash equivalents, were subject to such requirements, including $315 million of cash in Venezuela. The requirements we must comply with to transfer funds out of China and South Africa have not adversely impacted our ability to make transfers out of those countries.
Since Venezuela’s economy is considered to be highly inflationary under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the U.S. dollar is the functional currency of our Venezuelan subsidiary. All gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of its financial statements are determined using official exchange rates and are reported in Other Expense.
In 2012, we have used the official exchange rate of 4.3 bolivares fuertes to the U.S. dollar to settle substantially all foreign currency transactions in Venezuela. However, if circumstances warrant, we may seek to repatriate cash from Venezuela using other means. If in the future we convert bolivares fuertes at a rate other than the official exchange rate or the official exchange rate is revised, we may realize additional losses that would be recorded in the Statement of Operations. At June 30, 2012 , we had bolivar fuerte denominated monetary assets of $365 million which consisted primarily of $315 million of cash, $22 million of deferred tax assets and $25 million of accounts receivable, and bolivar fuerte denominated monetary liabilities of $169 million which consisted primarily of $101 million of intercompany payables, including $59 million of dividends, $24 million of accounts payable - trade, $28 million of compensation and benefits and $7 million of income taxes payable. At December 31, 2011, we had bolivar fuerte denominated monetary assets of $317 million which consisted primarily of $291 million of cash, $18 million of deferred tax assets and $8 million of accounts receivable, and bolivar fuerte denominated monetary liabilities of $152 million which consisted primarily of $92 million of intercompany payables, including $59 million of dividends, $24 million of accounts payable - trade, $15 million of compensation and benefits and $14 million of income taxes payable. All monetary assets and liabilities were remeasured at 4.3 bolivares fuertes to the U.S. dollar at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

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Goodyear Venezuela’s sales were 1.6% and 1.3% of our net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively, and were 1.6% and 1.4% of our net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively. Goodyear Venezuela’s cost of goods sold were 1.4% and 1.1% of our cost of goods sold for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively, and were 1.3% and 1.1% of our cost of goods sold for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively. Goodyear Venezuela’s sales are bolivar fuerte denominated and cost of goods sold are approximately 56% bolivar fuerte denominated and approximately 44% U.S. dollar denominated. A further 10% decrease in the bolivar fuerte against the U.S. dollar would decrease Goodyear Venezuela’s sales and increase cost of goods sold by approximately $39 million and approximately $14 million, respectively, on an annual basis.
During the six months ended June 30, 2012 , Goodyear Venezuela settled $25 million and $6 million of U.S. dollar-denominated intercompany payables and accounts payable - trade, respectively, through the Venezuelan currency exchange board. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 , substantially all of those payables were settled at the official exchange rate of 4.3 bolivares fuertes to the U.S. dollar. At June 30, 2012 , settlements of U.S. dollar-denominated liabilities pending before the currency exchange board were $205 million, all of which are expected to settle at the official exchange rate of 4.3 bolivares fuertes to the U.S. dollar. At June 30, 2012 , $63 million of the requested settlements were pending up to 180 days, $71 million were pending from 180 to 360 days and $71 million were pending over one year. Amounts pending up to 180 days include imported tires and raw materials of $63 million, amounts pending from 180 to 360 days include raw materials and tires of $43 million and dividends payable of $28 million, and amounts pending over one year include dividends payable of $31 million, intercompany charges for royalties of $17 million, and imported tires of $10 million. Currency exchange controls in Venezuela continue to limit our ability to remit funds from Venezuela.
We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to fund our operating and investing needs and debt maturities in 2012 and to provide us with flexibility to respond to further changes in the business environment. If market opportunities exist, we may choose to undertake additional financing actions in order to further enhance our liquidity position, which could include obtaining new bank debt or capital markets transactions. However, the challenges we face may cause a material reduction in our liquidity as a result of an adverse change in our cash flow from operations or our access to credit or other capital. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2011 Form 10-K for a more detailed discussion of these challenges.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $451 million in the first six months of 2012, compared to net cash used of $669 million in the first six months of 2011 . The decrease in net cash used in operating activities was due primarily to a lower use of cash for working capital in the first six months of 2012. Decreased sales and production levels, primarily in EMEA and North American Tire, and lower raw material prices in 2012 have reduced the cash used for working capital from $1,256 million for the first six months of 2011 to $768 million in 2012. Operating cash flows in the first six months of 2012 were unfavorably impacted by increased pension contributions of $121 million and the decrease in earnings compared to the first six months of 2011.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $512 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to $483 million in the first six months of 2011 . Capital expenditures were $490 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to $532 million in the first six months of 2011 . Beyond expenditures required to sustain our facilities, capital expenditures in 2012 and 2011 primarily related to the continued expansion of manufacturing capacity in China and Chile.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $343 million in the first six months of 2012 , compared to $927 million in the first six months of 2011 . Financing activities in 2012 included net borrowings of $448 million to fund working capital needs and capital expenditures. Net borrowings included the net proceeds from the issuance of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2022 and borrowings under other credit facilities, partially offset by the redemption of $650 million in aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 10.5% senior notes due 2016. Financing activities in 2011 included $485 million in net proceeds from the issuance of our mandatory convertible preferred stock and net borrowings of $468 million under our credit facilities.

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Credit Sources
In aggregate, we had total credit arrangements of $ 8,549 million available at June 30, 2012 , of which $ 2,496 million were unused, compared to $8,129 million available at December 31, 2011 , of which $2,544 million were unused. At June 30, 2012 , we had long term credit arrangements totaling $ 7,964 million , of which $ 2,079 million were unused, compared to $7,531 million and $2,202 million, respectively, at December 31, 2011 . At June 30, 2012 , we had short term committed and uncommitted credit arrangements totaling $ 585 million , of which $ 417 million were unused, compared to $598 million and $342 million, respectively, at December 31, 2011 . The continued availability of the short term uncommitted arrangements is at the discretion of the relevant lender and may be terminated at any time.
See Note 7, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments for a discussion of the issuance of our $700 million 7% senior notes due 2022, the redemption of our $650 million 10.5% senior notes due 2016, and the amendments to our first lien revolving credit facility and our second lien term loan facility.
Outstanding Notes
At June 30, 2012 , we had $ 2,425 million of outstanding notes, compared to $2,362 million at December 31, 2011 .
For additional information on our outstanding notes, refer to the Note to Consolidated Financial Statements, No. 15, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments, in our 2011 Form 10-K and Note 7, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments, in this Form 10-Q.
$2.0 Billion Amended and Restated First Lien Revolving Credit Facility due 2017
On April 19, 2012, we amended and restated our U.S. first lien revolving credit facility. Significant changes to that facility include the extension of the maturity to April 30, 2017 and an increase of the available commitments from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion. Our amended and restated $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility is available in the form of loans or letters of credit, with letter of credit availability limited to $800 million. Subject to the consent of the lenders whose commitments are to be increased, we may request that the facility be increased by up to $250 million. Our obligations under the facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. Our obligations under this facility and our subsidiaries’ obligations under the related guarantees are secured by first priority security interests in a variety of collateral. Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, after adjusting for customary factors that are subject to modification from time to time by the administrative agent or the majority lenders at their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably). Modifications are based on the results of periodic collateral and borrowing base evaluations and appraisals. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable and inventory decline, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.0 billion. In addition, if the amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit under the facility exceeds the borrowing base, we are required to prepay borrowings and/or cash collateralize letters of credit sufficient to eliminate the excess. As of June 30, 2012 , our borrowing base, and therefore our availability, under the amended and restated facility was $135 million below the facility's stated amount of $2.0 billion.
At June 30, 2012 , we had no borrowings outstanding and $ 408 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2011 , we had no borrowings outstanding and $407 million of letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility.
$1.2 Billion Amended and Restated Second Lien Term Loan Facility due 2019
On April 19, 2012, we also amended and restated our U.S. second lien term loan facility, including the extension of the maturity to April 30, 2019. Our obligations under this facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and are secured by second priority security interests in the same collateral securing the $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , this facility was fully drawn.
€400 Million Amended and Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility due 2016
Our amended and restated €400 million revolving credit facility consists of a €100 million German tranche that is available only to Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH (the “German borrower”) and a €300 million all-borrower tranche that is available to GDTE, the German borrower and certain of GDTE’s other subsidiaries. Up to €50 million in letters of credit are available for issuance under the all-borrower tranche. GDTE and certain of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France and Germany provide guarantees to support the facility. GDTE’s obligations under the facility and the obligations of its subsidiaries under the related guarantees are secured by security interests in a variety of collateral. Goodyear and its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that guarantee our U.S. senior secured credit facilities described above also provide unsecured guarantees to support the facility.

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At June 30, 2012 , there were $127 million ( €100 million ) of borrowings outstanding under the German tranche and $165 million ( €130 million ) outstanding under the all-borrower tranche. At December 31, 2011 , there were no borrowings under the revolving credit facility. Letters of credit issued under the all-borrower tranche totaled $8 million ( €6 million ) at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 .
Each of our first lien revolving credit facility and our European revolving credit facility have customary representations and warranties including, as a condition to borrowing, that all such representations and warranties are true and correct, in all material respects, on the date of the borrowing, including representations as to no material adverse change in our financial condition since December 31, 2011 under the amended and restated first lien facility and December 31, 2010 under the European facility. Each of the facilities described above have customary defaults, including cross-defaults to material indebtedness of Goodyear and our subsidiaries. For a description of the collateral securing the above facilities as well as the covenants applicable to them, please refer to “Covenant Compliance” below, the Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 15, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments, in our 2011 Form 10-K and Note 7, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments, in this Form 10-Q.
International Accounts Receivable Securitization Facilities (On-Balance Sheet)
GDTE and certain of its subsidiaries are parties to a pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility that provides up to €450 million of funding and expires in 2015. Utilization under this facility is based on current available receivable balances. The facility is subject to customary annual renewal of back-up liquidity commitments.
The facility involves an ongoing daily sale of substantially all of the trade accounts receivable of certain GDTE subsidiaries to a bankruptcy-remote French company controlled by one of the liquidity banks in the facility. These subsidiaries retain servicing responsibilities. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , the amount available, and fully utilized under this program, totaled $395 million ( €312 million ) and $393 million ( €303 million ), respectively. The program did not qualify for sale accounting, and accordingly, these amounts are included in Long term debt and capital leases.
In addition to the pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility discussed above, subsidiaries in Australia have an accounts receivable securitization program totaling $79 million and $75 million at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the related facility. We retain the risk of loss related to these receivables in the event of non-payment. These amounts are included in Long term debt and capital leases at June 30, 2012 as this facility was renegotiated in the second quarter of 2012. These amounts are included in Notes payable and overdrafts at December 31, 2011.
Accounts Receivable Factoring Facilities (Off-Balance Sheet)
Various subsidiaries sell certain of their trade receivables under off-balance sheet programs. For these programs, we have concluded that there is no risk of loss to us from non-payment of the sold receivables. At June 30, 2012 , the gross amount of receivables sold was $239 million , compared to $190 million at December 31, 2011 .
Other Foreign Credit Facilities
Our Chinese subsidiary has two financing agreements in China. At June 30, 2012 , these non-revolving credit facilities had total unused availability of 667 million renminbi ( $106 million ) and can only be used to finance the relocation and expansion of our manufacturing facility in China. The facilities contain covenants relating to our Chinese subsidiary and have customary representations and warranties and defaults relating to our Chinese subsidiary’s ability to perform its obligations under the facilities. One of the facilities (with 642 million renminbi of unused availability at June 30, 2012 ) matures in 2018 and principal amortization begins in 2015. There were $265 million and $199 million of borrowings outstanding under this facility at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. The other facility (with 25 million renminbi of unused availability at June 30, 2012 ) matures in 2019 and principal amortization begins in 2015. There were $204 million and $190 million of borrowings outstanding under this facility at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively. Restricted cash of $27 million and $9 million was related to funds obtained under these credit facilities at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 , respectively.
Covenant Compliance
Our amended and restated first lien revolving and second lien credit facilities and some of the indentures governing our notes contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, make certain restricted payments or investments, incur liens, sell assets, incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to us, enter into affiliate transactions, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications.

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We have additional financial covenants in our first lien revolving and second lien credit facilities that are currently not applicable. We only become subject to these financial covenants when certain events occur. These financial covenants and related events are as follows:
We become subject to the financial covenant contained in our first lien revolving credit facility when the aggregate amount of our Parent Company (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company) and guarantor subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents (“Available Cash”) plus our availability under our first lien revolving credit facility is less than $200 million. If this were to occur, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense may not be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters. As of June 30, 2012 , our availability under this facility of $1,457 million , plus our Available Cash of $970 million, totaled $2.4 billion, which is in excess of $200 million.
We become subject to a covenant contained in our second lien credit facility upon certain asset sales. The covenant provides that, before we use cash proceeds from certain asset sales to repay any junior lien, senior unsecured or subordinated indebtedness, we must first offer to use such cash proceeds to prepay borrowings under the second lien credit facility unless our ratio of Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness to EBITDA (Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is equal to or less than 3.0 to 1.0.
In addition, our amended and restated European revolving credit facility contains non-financial covenants similar to the non-financial covenants in our first and second lien credit facilities that are described above and a financial covenant applicable only to GDTE and its subsidiaries. This financial covenant provides that we are not permitted to allow GDTE’s ratio of Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness to Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GDTE and its subsidiaries, cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Parent Company and its U.S. subsidiaries and availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if the ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense described above is not applicable and the conditions to borrowing under the first lien revolving credit facility are met. Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. This financial covenant is also included in our pan-European accounts receivable securitization facility. At June 30, 2012 , we were in compliance with this financial covenant.
Our amended and restated credit facilities also state that we may only incur additional debt or make restricted payments that are not otherwise expressly permitted if, after giving effect to the debt incurrence or the restricted payment, our ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the prior four fiscal quarters would exceed 2.0 to 1.0. Certain of our senior note indentures have substantially similar limitations on incurring debt and making restricted payments. Our credit facilities and indentures also permit the incurrence of additional debt through other provisions in those agreements without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test described above. We believe that these other provisions provide us with sufficient flexibility to incur additional debt necessary to meet our operating, investing and financing needs without regard to our ability to satisfy the ratio-based incurrence test.
There are no known future changes to, or new covenants in, any of our existing debt obligations at June 30, 2012 other than as described above. Covenants could change based upon a refinancing or amendment of an existing facility, or additional covenants may be added in connection with the incurrence of new debt.
At June 30, 2012 , we were in compliance with the currently applicable material covenants imposed by our principal credit facilities and indentures.
The terms “Available Cash,” “EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness,” “Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness” and “Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the respective credit facilities.
Potential Future Financings
In addition to our previous financing activities, we may seek to undertake additional financing actions which could include restructuring bank debt or capital markets transactions, possibly including the issuance of additional debt or equity. Given the challenges that we face and the uncertainties of the market conditions, access to the capital markets cannot be assured.
Our future liquidity requirements may make it necessary for us to incur additional debt. However, a substantial portion of our assets are already subject to liens securing our indebtedness. As a result, we are limited in our ability to pledge our remaining assets as security for additional secured indebtedness. In addition, no assurance can be given as to our ability to raise additional unsecured debt.
Asset Dispositions
The restrictions on asset sales imposed by our material indebtedness have not affected our strategy of divesting non-core businesses, and those divestitures have not affected our ability to comply with those restrictions.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Contractual Obligations

Significant updates to our contractual obligations and commitments to make future payments are provided below. Additional information regarding our contractual obligations and commitments can be found under the heading “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities” in our 2011 Form 10-K. Items not included below can be found in the Contractual Obligations Table in our 2011 Form 10-K.

 
Payment Due by Period as of December 31, 2011
(In millions)
Total
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Beyond  2016
Debt Obligations (1)
$
5,233

$
398

$
81

$
41

$
489

$
321

$
3,903

Interest Payments (2)
2,618

339

322

315

306

284

1,052

Pension Benefits (3)
2,602

600

413

563

513

513

NA


(1) Debt obligations include Notes payable and overdrafts and reflect the maturities as of December 31, 2011 updated to include the issuance of our $700 million 7% senior notes due 2022, the redemption of our $650 million 10.5% senior notes due 2016, and the amendment and restatement of our $1.2 billion second lien term loan.

(2) These amounts represent future interest payments related to our existing debt obligations and capital leases based on fixed and variable interest rates specified in the associated debt and lease agreements. Payments related to variable rate debt are based on the six-month LIBOR rate at December 31, 2011 plus the specified margin in the associated debt agreements for each period presented. These amounts were updated to reflect the interest payments related to the issuance of our $700 million 7% senior notes due 2022, the redemption of our $650 million 10.5% senior notes due 2016, and the amendment and restatement of our $1.2 billion second lien term loan.

(3)
Pension benefits have been updated to reflect the decrease in U.S. minimum required contributions as a result of the enactment of the MAP-21 Act on July 6, 2012.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION — SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Certain information in this Form 10-Q (other than historical data and information) may constitute forward-looking statements regarding events and trends that may affect our future operating results and financial position. The words “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and “project,” as well as other words or expressions of similar meaning, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-Q. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, are inherently uncertain, are subject to risks and should be viewed with caution. Actual results and experience may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including:
if we do not achieve projected savings from various cost reduction initiatives or successfully implement other strategic initiatives our operating results, financial condition and liquidity may be materially adversely affected;
higher raw material and energy costs may materially adversely affect our operating results and financial condition;
our pension plans are significantly underfunded and further increases in the underfunded status of the plans could significantly increase the amount of our required contributions and pension expense;
we face significant global competition, increasingly from lower cost manufacturers, and our market share could decline;
deteriorating economic conditions in any of our major markets, or an inability to access capital markets or third-party financing when necessary, may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;
work stoppages, financial difficulties or supply disruptions at our major OE customers, dealers or suppliers could harm our business;
our capital expenditures may not be adequate to maintain our competitive position and may not be implemented in a timely or cost-effective manner;
if we experience a labor strike, work stoppage or other similar event our financial position, results of operations and liquidity could be materially adversely affected;
our long term ability to meet current obligations and to repay maturing indebtedness is dependent on our ability to access capital markets in the future and to improve our operating results;
we have a substantial amount of debt, which could restrict our growth, place us at a competitive disadvantage or otherwise materially adversely affect our financial health;
any failure to be in compliance with any material provision or covenant of our secured credit facilities could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our results of operations;
our international operations have certain risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results;
we have foreign currency translation and transaction risks that may materially adversely affect our operating results, financial condition and liquidity;
our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly;
we have substantial fixed costs and, as a result, our operating income fluctuates disproportionately with changes in our net sales;
we may incur significant costs in connection with product liability and other tort claims;
our reserves for product liability and other tort claims and our recorded insurance assets are subject to various uncertainties, the outcome of which may result in our actual costs being significantly higher than the amounts recorded;
we may be required to provide letters of credit or post cash collateral if we are subject to a significant adverse judgment or if we are unable to obtain surety bonds, which may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity;
we are subject to extensive government regulations that may materially adversely affect our operating results;
the terms and conditions of our global alliance with SRI provide for certain exit rights available to SRI upon the occurrence of certain events, which could require us to make a substantial payment to acquire SRI’s minority interests in GDTE and GDTNA following the determination of the fair value of those interests;
we may be adversely affected by any disruption in, or failure of, our information technology systems;
if we are unable to attract and retain key personnel, our business could be materially adversely affected; and
we may be impacted by economic and supply disruptions associated with events beyond our control, such as war, acts of terror, political unrest, public health concerns, labor disputes or natural disasters.
It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. We will not revise or update any forward-looking statement or disclose any facts, events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof that may affect the accuracy of any forward-looking statement.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We utilize derivative financial instrument contracts and nonderivative instruments to manage interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity price risks. We have established a control environment that includes policies and procedures for risk assessment and the approval, reporting and monitoring of derivative financial instrument activities. We do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.
Commodity Price Risk
The raw material costs to which our operations are principally exposed include the cost of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, carbon black, fabrics, steel cord and other petrochemical-based commodities. Approximately two-thirds of our raw materials are oil-based derivatives, whose cost may be affected by fluctuations in the price of oil. We currently do not hedge commodity prices. We do, however, use various strategies to partially offset cost increases for raw materials, including centralizing purchases of raw materials through our global procurement organization in an effort to leverage our purchasing power, expanding our capabilities to substitute lower cost raw materials and reducing the amount of material required in each tire.
Interest Rate Risk
We continuously monitor our fixed and floating rate debt mix. Within defined limitations, we manage the mix using refinancing. At June 30, 2012 , 45% of our debt was at variable interest rates averaging 5.24% compared to 43% at an average rate of 4.36% at December 31, 2011 .
The following table presents information about long term fixed rate debt, excluding capital leases, at June 30 :

 
 
 
 
 
(In millions)
 
2012
 
2011
Carrying amount — liability
 
$
2,978

 
$
2,873

Fair value — liability
 
3,057

 
3,018

Pro forma fair value — liability
 
3,179

 
3,118


The pro forma information assumes a 100 basis point decrease in market interest rates at June 30, 2012 and 2011 , respectively, and reflects the estimated fair value of fixed rate debt outstanding at that date under that assumption. The sensitivity of our fixed rate debt to changes in interest rates was determined using current market pricing models.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We enter into foreign currency contracts in order to reduce the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates on our consolidated results of operations and future foreign currency-denominated cash flows. These contracts reduce exposure to currency movements affecting existing foreign currency-denominated assets, liabilities, firm commitments and forecasted transactions resulting primarily from trade purchases and sales, equipment acquisitions, intercompany loans and royalty agreements. Contracts hedging short term trade receivables and payables normally have no hedging designation. The following table presents foreign currency contract information at June 30 :

(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Fair value — asset (liability)
$
13

 
$
(10
)
Pro forma decrease in fair value
(104
)
 
(146
)
Contract maturities
07/12-06/13

 
7/11-10/19


The pro forma decrease in fair value assumes a 10% adverse change in underlying foreign exchange rates at June 30 of each year, and reflects the estimated change in the fair value of contracts outstanding at that date under that assumption. The sensitivity of our foreign currency positions to changes in exchange rates was determined using current market pricing models.

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Fair values are recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30 as follows:

(In millions)
2012
 
2011
Accounts receivable
$
25

 
$
12

Other Assets

 
1

Other Current Liabilities
(12
)
 
(23
)
Other Long Term Liabilities

 


See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a discussion of our management of counterparty risk.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” which, consistent with Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we define to mean controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive and financial officers, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive and financial officers have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2012 (the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We are undertaking a phased implementation of enterprise resource planning systems in our EMEA and Latin American Tire SBUs. Implementation activities in EMEA will be completed during the third quarter of 2012. Implementation activities in Latin American Tire continue and are expected to be completed in 2013. We believe we are maintaining and monitoring appropriate internal controls during the implementation period. There have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report 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
Asbestos Litigation
As reported in our Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012, we were one of numerous defendants in legal proceedings in certain state and Federal courts involving approximately 76,000 claimants relating to their alleged exposure to materials containing asbestos in products allegedly manufactured by us or asbestos materials present in our facilities. During the second quarter of 2012 , approximately 550 new claims were filed against us and approximately 2,200 were settled or dismissed. The amount expended on asbestos defense and claim resolution by Goodyear and its insurance carriers during the second quarter and first six months of 2012 was $1 million and $4 million, respectively. At June 30, 2012 , there were approximately 74,350 asbestos claims pending against us. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified actual and punitive damages and other relief. See Note 11, “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities” in this Form 10-Q for additional information on asbestos litigation.
Greek Labor Cases
In a series of cases, approximately 320 former employees of a factory in Thessaloniki, Greece that was closed in 1996 sued Goodyear Dunlop Tires Hellas S.A.I.C. (“Goodyear Dunlop Greece”) seeking compensation in arrears alleging the absence of consultation prior to the closure under applicable European law. Following extensive litigation at all levels of the Greek courts and the European Court of Justice over the past 16 years, the Greek Court of Appeal issued draft judgments in May and June 2012 affirming Goodyear Dunlop Greece's liability to pay salaries in arrears with respect to the 5-1/2 year period following the plant closure and permitting a reduction in the amount of that liability to the extent of severance payments previously paid to the former employees. However, the Court of Appeal failed to consider evidence of incomes earned in other capacities and the retirement of certain former employees during that period, which should have further reduced the employees' claims for salaries in arrears, and failed to follow applicable Supreme Court precedents limiting the period of time for which salaries in arrears are payable. Goodyear Dunlop Greece intends to appeal these judgments before the Greek Supreme Court in order to seek to rectify these failures. If Goodyear Dunlop Greece's appeal is not successful, its liability with respect to these judgments is currently estimated to be approximately €44 million ($56 million). Goodyear Dunlop Greece is vigorously defending these cases, the ultimate outcome of which cannot be predicted at this time.
Reference is made to Item 3 of Part I of our 2011 Form 10-K and to Item 1 of Part II of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012 for additional discussion of legal proceedings.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Our 2011 Form 10-K includes a detailed discussion of our risk factors.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
We did not repurchase any common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2012 .

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS .
See the Index of Exhibits at page E-1, which is by specific reference incorporated into and made a part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 31, 2012
By
/s/ Richard J. Noechel
 
 
 
 
Richard J. Noechel, Vice President and Controller (Signing on behalf of the Registrant as a duly authorized officer of the Registrant and signing as the principal accounting officer of the Registrant.)
 


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THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2012
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
 
 
 
 
Table
 
 
 
 
Item
 
 
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
Number
10
 
Material Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012, among the Company, the lenders, issuing banks, syndication agents, documentation agents, senior managing agents, managing agents, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
 
Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012, among the Company, the lenders, syndication agents, documentation agents, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
 
10.2
 
 
 
 
 
(c)
 
Reaffirmation of First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company identified therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

 
10.3
 
 
 
 
 
(d)
 
Reaffirmation of Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012, among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company identified therein, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 
10.4
 
 
 
 
 
(e)
 
Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the First Lien Secured Parties referred to therein, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties referred to therein, the Company, and the subsidiaries of the Company named therein.

 
10.5
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
Statement re Computation of Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
Statement setting forth the Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends.
 
12.1
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
302 Certifications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.1
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
 
Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2
 
 
 
 
 
32
 
906 Certifications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
Certificate of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1
 
 
 
 
 
101
 
Interactive Data File
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
101


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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of April 19, 2012

among

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

as Borrower,

The LENDERS Party Hereto,

The ISSUING BANKS Party Hereto,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK N.A.,

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Syndication Agents and Documentation Agents,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Senior Managing Agents

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

UNION BANK, N.A.,

as Managing Agents

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and Joint Bookrunners


IMPORTANT NOTE:

EACH PARTY HERETO MUST EXECUTE THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OUTSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AND EACH LENDER MUST BOOK ITS LOAN AND RECEIVE ALL PAYMENTS OUTSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA. TRANSPORTING OR SENDING THE ORIGINAL OR ANY CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR ANY NOTICE OR OTHER COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING BY EMAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) INTO OR FROM THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF AN AUSTRIAN STAMP DUTY ON THE CREDIT FACILITY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, WHICH MAY BE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE PARTY WHOSE ACTIONS RESULT IN SUCH IMPOSITION. COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCING THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED TO RECIPIENTS IN, OR SENT BY PERSONS LOCATED IN, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AND PAYMENTS SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA. SEE ALSO SECTION 9.18 AND A MEMORANDUM FROM AUSTRIAN COUNSEL FOR THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY WHICH IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.


Table of Contents

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
Definitions   
SECTION 1.01.  

Defined Terms

     1   
SECTION 1.02.  

Classification of Loans and Borrowings

     57   
SECTION 1.03.  

Foreign Currency Translation

     57   
SECTION 1.04.  

Terms Generally

     57   
SECTION 1.05.  

Accounting Terms; GAAP

     58   
ARTICLE II   
The Credits   
SECTION 2.01.  

Loans and Borrowings

     58   
SECTION 2.02.  

Requests for Borrowing

     59   
SECTION 2.03.  

Letters of Credit

     60   
SECTION 2.04.  

Funding of Borrowings

     66   
SECTION 2.05.  

Interest Elections

     67   
SECTION 2.06.  

Reductions of Commitments

     68   
SECTION 2.07.  

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

     69   
SECTION 2.08.  

Prepayment of Loans

     69   
SECTION 2.09.  

Fees

     71   
SECTION 2.10.  

Interest

     72   
SECTION 2.11.  

Alternate Rate of Interest

     73   
SECTION 2.12.  

Increased Costs

     73   
SECTION 2.13.  

Break Funding Payments

     74   
SECTION 2.14.  

Taxes

     75   
SECTION 2.15.  

Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs

     77   
SECTION 2.16.  

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     79   
SECTION 2.17.  

Defaulting Lenders

     80   
ARTICLE III   
Representations and Warranties   
SECTION 3.01.  

Organization; Powers

     82   
SECTION 3.02.  

Authorization; Enforceability

     82   
SECTION 3.03.  

Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

     83   
SECTION 3.04.  

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change

     83   


SECTION 3.05.  

Litigation and Environmental Matters

     83   
SECTION 3.06.  

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

     84   
SECTION 3.07.  

Investment Company Status

     84   
SECTION 3.08.  

ERISA and Canadian Pension Plans

     84   
SECTION 3.09.  

Disclosure

     84   
SECTION 3.10.  

Security Interests

     85   
SECTION 3.11.  

Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit

     86   
ARTICLE IV   
Conditions   
SECTION 4.01.  

Restatement Date

     87   
SECTION 4.02.  

Each Credit Event

     90   
ARTICLE V   
Affirmative Covenants   
SECTION 5.01.  

Financial Statements and Other Information

     91   
SECTION 5.02.  

Notices of Defaults

     93   
SECTION 5.03.  

Existence; Conduct of Business

     93   
SECTION 5.04.  

Maintenance of Properties

     93   
SECTION 5.05.  

Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights

     93   
SECTION 5.06.  

Compliance with Laws

     94   
SECTION 5.07.  

Insurance

     94   
SECTION 5.08.  

Guarantees and Collateral

     94   
SECTION 5.09.  

Borrowing Base Certificate

     96   
ARTICLE VI   
Negative Covenants   
SECTION 6.01.  

Limitation on Indebtedness

     97   
SECTION 6.02.  

Limitation on Restricted Payments

     101   
SECTION 6.03.  

Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries

     105   
SECTION 6.04.  

Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock

     107   
SECTION 6.05.  

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

     108   
SECTION 6.06.  

Limitation on Liens

     110   
SECTION 6.07.  

Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions

     113   
SECTION 6.08.  

Fundamental Changes

     114   
SECTION 6.09.  

Consolidated Coverage Ratio

     114   

 

ii


ARTICLE VII   
Events of Default   
SECTION 7.01.  

Events of Default

     115   
ARTICLE VIII   
The Agents   

 

ARTICLE IX

  

Miscellaneous   
SECTION 9.01.  

Notices

     120   
SECTION 9.02.  

Waivers; Amendments

     121   
SECTION 9.03.  

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     124   
SECTION 9.04.  

Successors and Assigns

     125   
SECTION 9.05.  

Survival

     129   
SECTION 9.06.  

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Issuing Banks

     130   
SECTION 9.07.  

Severability

     130   
SECTION 9.08.  

Right of Setoff

     130   
SECTION 9.09.  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     131   
SECTION 9.10.  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     131   
SECTION 9.11.  

Headings

     132   
SECTION 9.12.  

Confidentiality

     132   
SECTION 9.13.  

Interest Rate Limitation

     132   
SECTION 9.14.  

Security Documents

     133   
SECTION 9.15.  

Additional Financial Covenants

     133   
SECTION 9.16.  

Effect of Restatement

     133   
SECTION 9.17.  

USA Patriot Act Notice

     134   
SECTION 9.18.  

Austrian Matters

     134   
SECTION 9.19.  

No Fiduciary Relationship

     136   
SECTION 9.20.  

Non-Public Information

     136   

 

iii


SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.01A       Consent Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01B       Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01C       Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness
Schedule 2.01       Commitments
Schedule 3.10(b)       Mortgaged Properties

EXHIBITS :

 

Exhibit A       Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B       Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit C       Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit D       Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit E       Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit F       Form of Restatement Date Perfection Certificate
Exhibit G       Form of Reaffirmation Agreement

 

iv


AMENDED AND RESTATED FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; the LENDERS party hereto; the ISSUING BANKS party hereto; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement (such term and each other capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) in order to continue the revolving credit facility provided for therein and to extend credit in the form of revolving Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal or stated amount not in excess of $2,000,000,000 at any time outstanding. The Lenders are willing to continue such revolving credit facility, and to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in the form hereof, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. The proceeds of Borrowings hereunder will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Access Agreement ” means a written agreement granting access rights with respect to any Accounts or Inventory of the Borrower or any of the other Grantors located at any third party location, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Account ” has the meaning specified in the UCC.

Account Debtor ” means the Person who is primarily obligated under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

Accounts Receivable Reserves ” means, on any date, an amount (calculated in accordance with the current and historical accounting practices of the Borrower) equal to the sum of reserves for volume rebates, cash discounts, Federal excise taxes and warranties maintained on the Borrower’s general ledger with respect to Eligible Accounts Receivable, in each case without duplication of any amounts that are included in the Dilution Factors for such period or excluded from the value of Eligible Accounts


Receivable pursuant to the definition thereof, and each such reserve to be subject to adjustment by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives. Any such adjustment by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such adjustment, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice.

Additional Assets ” means:

(a) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(b) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

(c) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;

provided , however , that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clauses (b) or (c) above is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business.

Additional Inventory Reserves ” means, on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the following reserves established by the Administrative Agent with respect to Eligible Inventory, without duplication of any deductions made pursuant to the definitions of “Eligible Inventory”, “Inventory Reserves” and “Inventory Value”:

(a) a reserve for “slow moving” Eligible Inventory equal to 75% of the amount in excess of a 12 month supply on hand;

(b) a reserve for private label Eligible Inventory relating to the North America Tire Division;

(c) a reserve for freight, duties and insurance for Eligible Inventory representing in transit Inventory equal to $5,000,000;

(d) a reserve for shrink or discrepancies that arise pertaining to Eligible Inventory quantities on hand between the Borrower’s perpetual accounting system and physical counts of the Eligible Inventory which will be equal to the amount of any such discrepancy, if any, that is in excess of 2.0%; and

(e) any other reserve as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives.

 

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The reserves described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be subject to adjustment (and, in the case of clause (e), establishment) by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives. Any such adjustment or the establishment of a reserve pursuant to clause (e) by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such adjustment or reserve, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice.

Adjusted Eligible Accounts Receivable ” means, on any date, an amount equal to (a) Eligible Accounts Receivable minus (b) the sum of, without duplication, (i) the Dilution Reserve and (ii) the Accounts Receivable Reserves.

Adjusted Eligible Finished Goods ” means, on any date and with respect to any division of the Borrower, an amount equal to (a) Eligible Finished Goods relating to such division minus (b) the Inventory Reserves with respect to the Eligible Inventory included in such Eligible Finished Goods minus (c) the Additional Inventory Reserves with respect to the Eligible Inventory included in such Eligible Finished Goods.

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Administrative Agent ” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Affiliate Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(a).

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus   1 / 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum. For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the rate per annum appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying British Bankers’ Association

 

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Interest Settlement Rates (or on any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such screen, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in dollars with a maturity of one month. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Total Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have been reduced to zero, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

Applicable Rate ” shall mean, for any day, with respect to (a) any Loan or (b) the Commitments, the applicable rate per annum set forth under the appropriate caption in the table below, in each case based upon the Reference Availability (as defined below) then in effect, except (x) on or prior to the last day of the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Restatement Date, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to Category 1 and (y) notwithstanding clause (x), if an Event of Default shall have occurred under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 or as a result of a breach of Section 5.09(a) (for so long as a new Borrowing Base Certificate has not been delivered) or 6.09 and shall then be continuing, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to Category 2 in the table below:

 

Reference Availability :

   Eurodollar
Spread
    ABR
Spread
    Commitment
Fee
 

Category 1

>$1,000,000,000

     1.500     0.50     0.375

Category 2

< $1,000,000,000

     1.75     0.75     0.250

The “ Reference Availability ” for each day shall be the amount determined by the Administrative Agent as of the second Business Day (the “ Applicable Delivery Date ”) following the then most recent delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate to be the average of the Available Commitments as of the end of each of the 30 consecutive days immediately preceding the Applicable Delivery Date. Solely for purposes of determining the Reference Availability, Available Cash for any day during any applicable period shall

 

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be the Available Cash specified on the most recent certificate delivered under Section 5.09(a) or (b) specifying Available Cash.

Approved Fund ” means (a) with respect to any Lender, a CLO managed by such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

Arrangers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, each as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, for the credit facilities established by this Agreement.

Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of sales, leases, transfers or dispositions that are part of a common plan) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of:

(a) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary);

(b) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

(c) any other assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

other than, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above,

(1) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) for purposes of Section 6.04 only, a disposition subject to Section 6.02;

(3) a disposition of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than $10,000,000;

(4) a sale of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Entity;

(5) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a

 

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fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

(6) any Specified Asset Sale.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attributable Debt ” means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the 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) and (ii) the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such termination.

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Restatement Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) any other date on which the Commitments have been reduced to zero.

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any date, the aggregate amount of cash and Temporary Cash Investments held on such date by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, other than cash and Temporary Cash Investments (a) held in accounts outside the United States of America and Canada or (b) to the extent subject to any Lien (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.06(t)) securing Indebtedness or other obligations or to any other restriction on availability.

Available Commitments ” means, at the time of any determination, an amount equal to Available Cash plus the difference between (a) the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect at such time minus (b) the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures at such time.

Average Life ” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or scheduled redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (b) the sum of all such payments.

Bank Indebtedness ” means all obligations under the U.S. Bank Indebtedness and European Bank Indebtedness.

 

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Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof; provided , further , that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Borrower or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors of the Borrower.

Borrower ” means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation.

Borrowing ” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Base ” means, at the time of any determination, an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication, (a) 85% of Adjusted Eligible Accounts Receivable and (b) (i) if the Effective Advance Rate is equal to or greater than the percentage equal to 85% of the Recovery Rate, 85% multiplied by the Recovery Rate multiplied by the Inventory Value of all Inventory of the Borrower and each other Grantor or (ii) if the Effective Advance Rate is less than the percentage equal to 85% of the Recovery Rate, (A) the sum of (x) 40% of Eligible Raw Materials plus (y) 70% of Adjusted Eligible Finished Goods relating to the North American Tire Division, the Retail Division and Wingfoot, respectively, plus (z) 40% of Eligible Work in Process minus (B) the Rent Reserve, minus (C) the Priority Payables Reserve (the amount in clause (ii) collectively, the “ Inventory Advance Amount ”). The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Restatement Date or pursuant to Section 5.09, as applicable. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02(b)(viii), standards of eligibility and reserves relating to the components of the Borrowing Base may be revised and adjusted from time to time by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the

 

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Administrative Agent and its designated representatives. Any such revision or adjustment by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such revision or adjustment, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice.

Borrowing Base Availability ” means, at the time of any determination, an amount equal to the lesser of the Borrowing Base at such time and the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time.

Borrowing Base Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto (with such changes therein as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time to reflect the components of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as provided for hereunder from time to time), executed and certified on behalf of the Borrower as accurate and complete in all material respects by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules, supporting documentation and additional reports as (a) outlined in Exhibit E hereto, (b) reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (c) provided for in Section 5.09.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02 in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Canadian Benefit Plans ” means all material employee benefit plans of any nature or kind whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party having employees in Canada.

Canadian Dollars ” refers to lawful money of Canada.

Canadian Pension Plans ” means each plan which is a registered pension plan within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Canadian Security Agreements ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however

 

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designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Capital Stock representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) directors on the date hereof or nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of this definition, with respect to all requests, rules, guidelines or directives adopted or issued pursuant to or in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Basel III, the date of this Agreement shall be deemed to be April 10, 2012; provided further that no act, event or circumstance referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of this definition shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the date of this Agreement as a result of the applicable law, rule, regulation, interpretation, application, request, guideline or directive having been adopted, made or issued under the general authority of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Basel III or any other law or multinational supervisory agreement in effect prior to the date hereof.

CLO ” means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral ” means all the assets and rights that secure any of the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents.

Collateral Agent ” means JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents.

 

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Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum permitted aggregate amount of such Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06 or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 9.02(c) and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $2,000,000,000.

Commitment Termination Date ” means April 30, 2017.

Consent Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01A and (b) any Subsidiary not on Schedule 1.01A or formed or acquired after the Restatement Date, in respect of which (A) the consent of any Person other than the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary is required by applicable law or the terms of any organizational document of such Subsidiary or other agreement of such Subsidiary or any Affiliate of such Subsidiary in order for such Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor or a Subsidiary Guarantor and perform its obligations thereunder, or in order for Capital Stock of such Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security Documents, as the case may be, and (B) the Borrower has endeavored in good faith to obtain such consents, and such consents shall not have been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary shall be a Consent Subsidiary at any time that it is a guarantor of, or has provided any collateral to secure, Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower, and any Consent Subsidiary (including a Consent Subsidiary listed in Schedule 1.01A) that at any time ceases to meet the test set forth in clause (A) shall cease to be a Consent Subsidiary. No Subsidiary shall be a Consent Subsidiary if it is (i) a Guarantor or a Grantor under the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (ii) a US Guarantor under the European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof) under the J.V. Notes Indenture, (iii) a “Subsidiary Guarantor” under the 2010 Indenture or the 2012 Indenture or (iv) a Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees any obligations arising under an indenture or any other document governing Material Indebtedness of the Borrower entered into after the date hereof.

Consolidated Coverage Ratio ” as of any date of determination means the ratio of:

(1) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC to

(2) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;

 

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provided , however , that:

(A) if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,

(B) if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period and as if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness,

(C) if since the beginning of such period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale),

 

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(D) if since the beginning of such period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit, division or line of a business, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period, and

(E) if since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (C) or (D) above if made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition of assets occurred on the first day of such period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, Asset Disposition or other Investment, the amount of income, EBITDA or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X, as it may be amended or replaced from time to time, promulgated by the SEC.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term as at the date of determination in excess of 12 months). If any Indebtedness is Incurred or repaid under a revolving credit facility and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated based on the average daily balance of such Indebtedness for the four fiscal quarters subject to the pro forma calculation.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent Incurred by the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in such period but not included in such interest expense, without duplication:

 

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(1) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease Obligation;

(2) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs;

(3) capitalized interest;

(4) noncash interest expense;

(5) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges attributable to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing;

(6) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and such Indebtedness is in default under its terms or any payment is actually made in respect of such Guarantee;

(7) net payments made pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest expense (including amortization of fees);

(8) dividends paid in cash or Disqualified Stock in respect of (A) all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) all Disqualified Stock of the Borrower, in each case held by Persons other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(9) interest Incurred in connection with investments in discontinued operations; and

(10) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Borrower) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust;

and less, to the extent included in such total interest expense, the amortization during such period of capitalized financing costs; provided , however , that for any financing consummated after the Restatement Date, the aggregate amount of amortization relating to any such capitalized financing costs deducted in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to such capitalized financing costs.

 

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Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period; provided , however , that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

(a) any net income of any Person (other than the Borrower) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that:

(1) subject to the limitations contained in clause (d) below, the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (c) below);

(2) the Borrower’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss has been funded with cash from the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(b) any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;

(c) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower (but, in the case of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, only to the extent cash equal to such net income (or a portion thereof) for such period is not readily procurable by the Borrower from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary (with the amount of cash readily procurable from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary being determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) pursuant to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise), except that:

(1) subject to the limitations contained in clause (d) below, the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and

(2) the net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall not be excluded in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

(d) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any

 

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Sale/Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;

(e) any extraordinary gain or loss; and

(f) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 6.02 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv).

Consolidated Revenue ” means, for any period, the revenues for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, at any date, the total assets, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidation ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the consolidation of (1) in the case of the Borrower, the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Borrower and (2) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, the accounts of each Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary with those of such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided , however , that “ Consolidation ” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “ Consolidated ” has a correlative meaning.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Documents ” means this Agreement, the Issuing Bank Agreements, any letter of credit applications referred to in Section 2.03(a), any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.07(e), the Security Documents, the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and the Disclosure Letter.

Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and such Lender’s LC Exposure at such time.

 

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Credit Facilities Agreements ” means this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement.

Credit Party ” means the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Grantor.

Currency Agreement ” means with respect to any Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Lender in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Lender, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt by the party making such request of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

Deposit Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Designated Noncash Consideration ” means noncash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is designated by the Borrower as Designated Noncash Consideration, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration, which cash and cash equivalents shall be considered Net Available Cash received as of such date and shall be applied pursuant to Section 6.04.

 

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Dilution Factors ” means, with respect to any period, the aggregate amount recorded (in a manner consistent with current and historical accounting practices of the Borrower) to reduce Eligible Accounts Receivable on account of deductions, credit memos (net of related re-bills), returns, incorrect billings, adjustments, allowances, bad debt write-offs and other non-cash credits, in each case without duplication of any amounts relating to reserves for volume rebates or cash discounts or any other items that are included in the Accounts Receivable Reserves for such period or excluded from the value of Eligible Accounts Receivable pursuant to the definition thereof.

Dilution Ratio ” means, on any date, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (a) the aggregate amount of the applicable Dilution Factors for the 12 most recently ended fiscal months divided by (b) total gross sales for the 12 most recently ended fiscal months.

Dilution Reserve ” means, on any date, (a) the applicable Dilution Ratio on such date minus 5% multiplied by (b) (i) Eligible Accounts Receivable on such date minus (ii) the Accounts Receivable Reserves on such date; provided that in no circumstance shall the Dilution Reserve be less than 0.

Disclosure Documents ” means reports of the Borrower on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, that shall have been (i) filed with or furnished to the SEC on or prior to April 15, 2012, or (ii) filed with or furnished to the SEC after such date and prior to the Restatement Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

Disclosure Letter ” means the letter to the Lenders and JPMCB from the Borrower, dated the Restatement Date, which identifies itself as the Disclosure Letter.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event:

(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(b) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that any such conversion or exchange shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as applicable); or

(c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part;

in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), on or prior to 180 days after the Commitment Termination Date; provided , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the first

 

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anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable in any material respect to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Section 4.06 and Section 4.08 of (i) the 2010 Indenture or (ii) the 2012 Indenture; provided further , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, retirement, death or disability.

The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to this Agreement; provided , however , that if such Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.

Documentation Agent ” means each of BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, in its capacity as documentation agent hereunder.

Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount in dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, the equivalent in dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent using the Exchange Rate or the LC Exchange Rate, as applicable, with respect to Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, as the case may be, in effect for such amount on such date. The Dollar Equivalent amount at any time of any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling shall be the amount most recently determined as provided in Section 1.03.

dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

EBITDA ” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, without duplication, the following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

(a) income tax expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(b) Consolidated Interest Expense;

(c) depreciation expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;

(d) amortization expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); and

(e) all other noncash charges of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such noncash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period) less all noncash items of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in each case for such period (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and noncash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if (A) a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Borrower by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders or (B) in the case of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, a corresponding amount of cash is readily procurable by the Borrower from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) pursuant to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise, provided that to the extent cash of such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary provided the basis for including the net income of such Foreign Subsidiary in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” such cash shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining readily procurable cash under this clause (B).

Effective Advance Rate ” means, on any date, the percentage equal to the Inventory Advance Amount (as defined in the definition of “Borrowing Base”) on such date divided by the Inventory Value of all Inventory of the Borrower and each other Grantor on such date.

Effective Date ” means April 8, 2005.

Eligible Accounts Receivable ” means, at the time of any determination, each Account that satisfies the following criteria at the time of such determination: such Account (a) has been invoiced to, and represents the bona fide amounts due to the Borrower or another Grantor from, the purchaser of goods or services, in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Grantor and (b) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of

 

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clauses (i) through (xxii) below or otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) to be ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives; any such decision by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such decision, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to qualify as Eligible Accounts Receivable an Account shall indicate no Person other than the Borrower or another Grantor as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (a) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Borrower or another Grantor could reasonably be expected to be obligated to rebate to a customer pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)), in each case without duplication of any amounts that are included in the Accounts Receivable Reserves or the Dilution Factors for such period, (b) the aggregate amount of all limits and deductions provided for in this definition and (c) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrower or another Grantor to reduce the amount of such Account. Standards of eligibility may be fixed from time to time by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives; provided that prior written consent of Lenders having aggregate Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time shall be required to change such eligibility standards in a manner which would increase the amount of the Borrowing Base Availability. Any changes to such standards by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such change, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice. Unless otherwise approved from time to time in writing by the Administrative Agent, an Account shall not be an Eligible Account Receivable (or, in the case of clauses (vii) and (xv) below, the affected portion of such Account shall be deemed not to be an Eligible Account Receivable) if, without duplication:

(i) the Borrower or another Grantor does not have good and valid title to such Account; or

(ii) such Account (x) is unpaid more than 60 days from the original due date or (y) has been written off the books of the Borrower or another Grantor or has been otherwise designated on such books as uncollectible; or

 

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(iii) more than 50% in face amount of all Accounts of the same Account Debtor (x) are unpaid more than 60 days from the original due date or (y) have been written off the books of the Borrower or another Grantor or have been otherwise designated on such books as uncollectible; or

(iv) the Account Debtor is insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy case or insolvency proceeding of any kind; or

(v) such Account is not payable in dollars and/or Canadian Dollars, the Account Debtor is not located (or, for purposes of the Quebec Civil Code, if applicable, its principal place of business or domicile is not located) inside the United States or Canada, the Account Debtor does not have significant assets inside the United States or Canada or the enforceability of such Account is not governed by the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof; or

(vi) the Account Debtor is the United States of America or Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, unless the Borrower or the other applicable Grantor duly assigns its rights to payment of such Account to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended, or the Financial Administration Act (Canada), as amended, as applicable, which assignment and related documents and filings shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or

(vii) to the extent of any security deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made by or for the benefit of the applicable Account Debtor to which such Account is subject; or

(viii) such Account (x) is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent that such a Lien may be perfected by filing UCC financing statements or making such other personal property security filings or registrations as may be required under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction in which such Account Debtor is located or has its principal place of business or domicile (for the purposes of the Quebec Civil Code, if applicable), subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances or (y) does not otherwise conform in all material respects to the applicable representations and warranties contained in the Credit Documents; or

(ix) (x) such Account was invoiced or payment was received thereon (A) in advance of goods or services provided or (B) more than once or (y) the associated income has not been earned; or

(x) such Account is a note receivable or non-trade Account or relates to payments for rent or interest; or

 

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(xi) the sale to the Account Debtor is on a bill-and-hold, sale on approval or consignment (it being understood and agreed that an Account that arises in connection with a sale of such goods by the consignee thereof shall not be deemed to be ineligible by reason of this clause (xi)) or other similar basis or made pursuant to any other agreement (other than an ordinary course customer warranty) providing for repurchases or return of any merchandise which has been claimed to be defective or otherwise unsatisfactory; or

(xii) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and title has not been transferred to the Account Debtor or such Account represents a progress-billing; for purposes hereof, progress-billing means any invoice for goods sold or leased or services rendered under a contract or agreement pursuant to which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay such invoice is conditioned upon the Borrower’s or the other applicable Grantor’s completion of any further performance under such contract or agreement; or

(xiii) such Account arises out of a sale made by the Borrower or another Grantor to an Affiliate (other than an Eligible Affiliate) of the Borrower or such Grantor; or

(xiv) such Account was created by the Borrower or another Grantor as a new receivable for the unpaid portion of an outstanding Account; or

(xv) the Account Debtor (x) is a creditor, (y) has or has asserted a right of set-off against the Borrower or another Grantor with respect to such Account (unless such Account Debtor has entered into a written agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to waive such set-off rights) or (z) has disputed its liability (whether by chargeback, dispute or otherwise) or made any asserted or unasserted claim with respect to such Account or any other Account of the Borrower or such other Grantor (as applicable) which has not been resolved, in each case, without duplication, to the extent of the amount owed by the Borrower or such other Grantor (as applicable) to the Account Debtor, the amount of such actual or asserted right of set-off or the amount of such dispute or claim, as the case may be; or

(xvi) such Account does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, State, provincial, territorial or local, including the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board and applicable Canadian provincial consumer protection/cost of credit disclosure legislation; or

(xvii) such Account is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates that any Person other than the Borrower or another Grantor has or has had or has purported to have or have had an ownership interest in such goods and in the Account resulting from the sale of such goods; or

 

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(xviii) such Account is an extended terms account, which is not due and payable within 180 days from the original date of invoice; or

(xix) such Account is created on cash on delivery terms or is payment for freight claims; or

(xx) to the extent that such Account has been reclassified, as a result of a workout or other similar situation relating to the credit worthiness of the applicable Account Debtor, from an account receivable to a note receivable; or

(xxi) the Account Debtor has not been instructed by the Borrower or any of the other Grantors to pay such Account directly into a Deposit Account in the Lockbox System; or

(xxii) such Account relates to the Retail Division, unless such Account meets certain criteria and is deemed eligible by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the time of any determination of Eligible Accounts Receivable, an amount equal to all Eligible Accounts Receivable of any single Account Debtor and its Affiliates which in the aggregate exceed (a) 20% in respect of an Account Debtor that is rated Investment Grade by either Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s or (b) 12% in respect of any other Account Debtor, in each case of the total amount of all Eligible Accounts Receivable at such time of determination shall be deemed not to be Eligible Accounts Receivable to the extent of such excess. In determining the aggregate amount of Accounts from all Account Debtors that are unpaid more than 60 days from the due date pursuant to clause (ii) above, any net credit balances relating to Accounts of any Account Debtor that are unpaid for more than 60 days from the due date shall not be included, to the extent such net credit balances do not exceed the total Accounts (excluding any Accounts that are included in the calculation of such net credit balances) that are unpaid from such Account Debtor.

Eligible Affiliate ” means any Affiliate of the Borrower, provided that (a) the Borrower or any of its other Affiliates does not Control such Affiliate, (b) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries do not own, control or hold, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, Capital Stock of such Affiliate representing 50% or more of the equity or 50% or more of the voting power or, in the case of a partnership, 50% or more of the general partnership interests of such Affiliate, (c) the accounts of such Affiliate are not consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements (and are not required to be so consolidated in accordance with GAAP), (d) each Account due to the Borrower or another Grantor from such Affiliate requires payment for the goods sold or leased or the services rendered to such Affiliate in cash and on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Grantor, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at such time in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate and (e) such Affiliate meets any other eligibility standard or requirement that is imposed by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) based on the results of

 

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collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives; any changes to such standards or requirements or the imposition of any additional standard or requirement by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such change or addition, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice.

Eligible Finished Goods ” means, on any date, the Inventory Value of all Eligible Inventory of the Borrower and each other Grantor defined as Finished Goods by the Borrower on such date as shown on the Borrower’s perpetual inventory records in accordance with its current and historical accounting practices.

Eligible Inventory ” means, at the time of any determination thereof, without duplication, the Inventory Value of the Inventory of the Borrower and each other Grantor at the time of such determination that is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (n) below or otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) to be ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base based on the results of collateral and borrowing base evaluations and monitoring conducted by the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives; any such decision by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such decision, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to qualify as “Eligible Inventory” no Person other than the Borrower or another Grantor shall have any direct or indirect ownership, interest or title to such Inventory and no Person other than the Borrower or another Grantor shall be indicated on any purchase order or invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein. Unless otherwise approved from time to time in writing by the Administrative Agent, no Inventory shall be deemed Eligible Inventory to the extent that such Inventory is accounted for in the Borrower’s perpetual inventory balance and, without duplication:

(a) it is not owned solely by the Borrower or another Grantor or the Borrower or another Grantor does not have good and valid title thereto; or

(b) it is not located in the United States or Canada; or

(c) it (i) is not either (x) located on a Permitted Inventory Location or (y) in transit from a Permitted Inventory Location to another Permitted Inventory Location or (ii) is located at a dormant facility that is no longer operated by the Borrower or another Grantor; or

 

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(d) it is (i) goods returned or rejected by the Borrower’s or another Grantor’s customers and is not saleable in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or another Grantor, (ii) Inventory in transit on the water via ship or other marine vessel to the Borrower or another Grantor (outside the United States or Canada), (iii) goods in transit from the Borrower or another Grantor to customers of the Borrower or another Grantor, or (iv) Inventory in transit to the Borrower or another Grantor from a third party vendor; or

(e) it is Inventory (other than Raw Materials or Work in Process) not sold in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or another Grantor, including engineering stores, miscellaneous supplies, packaging or shipping materials, cartons, repair parts, fuel, labels, miscellaneous spare parts, samples, prototypes, displays or display items; or

(f) it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent that such a Lien may be perfected by filing UCC financing statements or such other personal property security filings or registrations as may be required under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction in which such Inventory is located, subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances; or

(g) it is Work in Process that will be reclassified as Raw Material prior to becoming Finished Goods; or

(h) it is consigned or at a customer location (other than Inventory consigned to original equipment manufacturers at no more than 20 locations in total, each of which has Inventory of the Borrower and the other Grantors with an Inventory Value in excess of $300,000 and with respect to which an Access Agreement has been obtained); or

(i) it is (i) being processed offsite at a third party processor at premises neither reflected in the Rent Reserve nor subject to a Lien Waiver or (ii) in transit to or from any such third party processor; or

(j) it is classified by the Borrower or another Grantor as “obsolete”, “unmerchantable” or “off spec without a ready market”, or does not otherwise conform in all material respects to the applicable representations and warranties contained in the Credit Documents; or

(k) it is marked for return by the Borrower or another Grantor to the vendor of such Inventory; or

(l) it does not meet in all material respects all materials standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over it; or

(m) it is classified by the Borrower or another Grantor as casings used for the retreading of commercial truck tires; or

 

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(n) it is classified by the Borrower or another Grantor as “shipped but not billed”.

Eligible Raw Materials ” means, on any date, the Inventory Value of all Eligible Inventory of the Borrower and each Grantor defined as Raw Materials on such date as shown on the Borrower’s perpetual inventory records in accordance with its current and historical accounting practices.

Eligible Work in Process ” means, on any date, the Inventory Value of all Eligible Inventory of the Borrower and each Grantor defined as Work in Process on such date as shown on the Borrower’s perpetual inventory records in accordance with its current and historical accounting practices.

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the presence, management or release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials or to health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability ” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to any Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived or an event described in Section 4043.33 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations); (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan as to which a waiver has not been obtained; (c) the incurrence by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (d) the

 

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treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) any event or condition, other than the Transactions, that would be materially likely to result in the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the receipt by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice of an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (h) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

Euro ” or “ ” means the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that have adopted a single currency in accordance with applicable law or treaty.

Euro Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than Euros, at any time of determination thereof, the amount of Euros obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into Euros at the spot rate for the purchase of Euros with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

European Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the European Facilities Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

European Facilities Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2011, among the European JV, the other borrowers thereunder, certain lenders, certain issuing banks, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as administrative agent, and JPMCB, as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

 

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European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the amended and restated Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto and JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral agent under the credit agreements described therein, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

European JV ” means Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Rate ” means, on any day, with respect to Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling in relation to dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into dollars, as set forth at approximately 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, as applicable. In the event that any such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate 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 Borrower or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for the purchase of dollars with Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, as the case may be, for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary with only nominal assets and no operations. No Subsidiary shall be an Excluded Subsidiary if it is (a) a Guarantor or a Grantor under the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b) a US Guarantor under the European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof) under the J.V. Notes Indenture, (c) a “Subsidiary Guarantor” under the 2010 Indenture or the 2012 Indenture or (d) a Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees any obligations arising under an indenture or any other document governing Material Indebtedness of the Borrower entered into after the date hereof.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is

 

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located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) (i) any withholding tax that is imposed by the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.16(b)) at the time such Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.14(a) or (ii) any withholding tax that is imposed by the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender that is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Sections 2.14(f) and (g), and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party thereto, the documentation agents party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent, and JPMCB, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

Existing Letters of Credit ” means each letter of credit outstanding as a “Letter of Credit” as of the Restatement Date under the Existing Credit Agreement, each of which is set forth in the Disclosure Letter.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, as such price is, unless specified otherwise in this Agreement, determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower or by the Board of Directors.

Farm Tires Sale ” means the sale of the farm tires business of the European JV and the subsidiaries of the European JV.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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 (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

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Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower, or any senior vice president or higher ranking executive to whom any of the foregoing report.

Finished Goods ” means completed goods that require no additional processing or manufacturing to be sold by the Borrower or another Grantor in the ordinary course of business.

First Lien Agreement ” means this Agreement, namely the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, certain lenders, certain issuing banks, the syndication agents, documentation agents, and senior managing agents party hereto, and JPMCB, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Pledge Agreement ” means a pledge agreement securing the Obligations or any of them that is governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other than Goodyear Canada.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any of its territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Goodyear Argentina ” means Neumáticos Goodyear S.r.L., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Argentina, and its successors and permitted assigns.

Goodyear Canada ” means Goodyear Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Canada, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

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Grantors ” means the Borrower and each North American Subsidiary that is, or is required pursuant to Section 5.08 to become, a Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and, if applicable, a party to any Canadian Security Agreement.

Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or

(2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided , however , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term “Guarantor” shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Grantors, certain other Subsidiaries and the Collateral Agent, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) petroleum products and byproducts, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; and (b) any pollutant or contaminant or any hazardous, toxic, radioactive or otherwise regulated chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or raw materials hedge agreement.

Incur ” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

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Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:

(1) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(2) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

(3) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bank guarantee, bankers’ acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (1), (2) and (5)) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter of credit, bank guarantee, Trade Acceptance or similar credit transaction);

(4) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services;

(5) all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person;

(6) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued and unpaid dividends);

(7) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided , however , that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of:

(A) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and

(B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

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(9) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (8) of other Persons for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided , however , that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter.

The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above; provided , however , that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.

Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Intercompany Items ” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05 in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter or ending on the same day of the week that is one, two or three weeks thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than

 

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a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interest Rate Agreement ” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

Inventory ” has the meaning specified in the UCC.

Inventory Reserves ” means, on any date, an amount equal to the sum of the following reserves maintained on the Borrower’s general ledger (calculated in each case in accordance with the current and historical accounting practices of the Borrower) with respect to Eligible Inventory, without duplication of any deductions made pursuant to the definitions of “Additional Inventory Reserves,” “Eligible Inventory” and “Inventory Value”:

(a) a reserve for Inventory that is damaged;

(b) a revaluation reserve to reflect capitalized manufacturing variances whereby aggregate net variances (if favorable) shall be deducted from Eligible Inventory and aggregate net variances (if unfavorable) shall not be added to Eligible Inventory;

(c) a reserve equal to the aggregate Inventory Value of Eligible Inventory attributable to intercompany or intracompany profit among the Borrower and its Affiliates (other than Eligible Affiliates); and

(d) a lower of cost or market reserve for any differences between the Borrower’s actual cost to produce versus the Borrower’s sale price to third parties, determined on a product line basis.

Inventory Value ” means, with respect to any Inventory of the Borrower or any other Grantor at the time of any determination thereof, an amount equal to such Inventory carried on the perpetual inventory records of the Borrower stated on a basis consistent with its current and historical accounting practices, in dollars, determined in accordance with the standard cost method of accounting, which shall be, in the case of Inventory imported by the Borrower or another Grantor into the United States of America

 

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or Canada, the acquisition cost thereof plus transportation and freight charges plus import duties.

Investment ” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 6.02:

(1) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

(A) the Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less

(B) the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.

In the event that the Borrower sells Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary such that after giving effect to such sale, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect to such sale shall be deemed to constitute an Investment made on the date of such sale of Capital Stock.

Investment Grade ” means, in the case of Moody’s, a credit rating of Baa3 or better and, in the case of Standard & Poor’s, a credit rating of BBB– or better.

Issuing Bank ” means JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any other financial institution that has entered into an Issuing Bank Agreement, each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.03(i). Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates or branches of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch.

 

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Issuing Bank Agreement ” means an agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and a financial institution pursuant to which such financial institution agrees to act as an Issuing Bank hereunder. 1

JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors.

J.V. Notes ” means up to €250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes of the European JV issued on April 20, 2011 under the J.V. Notes Indenture.

J.V. Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture dated as of April 20, 2011, among the Borrower, the European JV, certain Subsidiaries, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as registrar, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as principal paying agent and transfer agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg), S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent.

LC Commitment ” means, as to any Issuing Bank, the maximum permitted amount of the LC Exposure that may be attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, as set forth in such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Agreement.

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit. The amount of any LC Disbursement made by an Issuing Bank in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling and not reimbursed by the Borrower shall be determined as set forth in paragraph (e) or (l) of Section 2.03, as applicable.

LC Exchange Rate ” means, on any day, with respect to dollars in relation to Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, the rate at which dollars may be exchanged into such currency, as set forth at approximately 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such day on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page. In the event that any such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page, the LC Exchange Rate 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 Borrower or, in the absence of such agreement, such LC Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for the purchase of Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, as the case may be, with dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Dollar Equivalents of the undrawn amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of the Dollar Equivalents of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such

 

 

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time (by the borrowing of Loans or otherwise). The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

LC Participation Calculation Date ” means, with respect to any LC Disbursement made in a currency other than dollars, (a) the date on which the Issuing Bank shall advise the Administrative Agent that it purchased with dollars the currency used to make such LC Disbursement, or (b) if the Issuing Bank shall not advise the Administrative Agent that it made such a purchase, the date on which such LC Disbursement is made.

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person of which such Lender is a direct or indirect subsidiary.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Letter of Credit ” means each Existing Letter of Credit and any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates (or on any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such screen, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, French delegation of claims, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security

 

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interest in, on or of such asset, and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

Lien Waiver ” means a written waiver of statutory or contractual Liens on Inventory for unpaid rent or charges of a warehouseman or bailee in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Lockbox System ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Majority Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having aggregate Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least a majority of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.

Managing Agents ” means each of UBS Securities LLC and Union Bank, N.A., in their capacity as managing agents for the credit facilities established by this Agreement.

Material Adverse Change ” means a material adverse change in or effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition (including as a result of the effects of any contingent liabilities thereon) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to the rights or interests of the Lenders or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to the interests of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks.

Material Foreign Subsidiary ” means, at any time, each Foreign Subsidiary that had Total Assets with an aggregate book value in excess of $50,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for

 

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which financial statements have been delivered (or deemed delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).

Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time, calculated in accordance with the terms of such Swap Agreement.

Material Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property of the Borrower and the Grantors, other than Intellectual Property that in the aggregate is not material to the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Material Subsidiary ” means, at any time, each Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries that do not represent more than 5% for any such individual Subsidiary, or more than 10% in the aggregate for all such Subsidiaries, of either (a) Consolidated Total Assets or (b) Consolidated Revenue for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended.

MNPI ” means material information concerning the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act to the extent applicable.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Mortgage ” means a mortgage or deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, or other security documents reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, and shall include each amendment and restatement of any existing Mortgage in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement.

Mortgaged Property ” means, at any time, each parcel of real property listed in Schedule 1.01B and the improvements thereto.

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

NAIC ” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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other disposition of any securities received as consideration, in each case only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other noncash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

(1) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;

(2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;

(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition; and

(4) appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition (but only for so long as such reserve is maintained).

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

Net Intercompany Items ” means, in the case of any Subsidiary, (a) the aggregate amount of the Intercompany Items owed by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary to such Subsidiary minus (b) the aggregate amount of the Intercompany Items owed by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

North American Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof.

North American Tire Division ” means those standard business units of the Borrower and the other Grantors classified as “North American Tire Division” on the Borrower’s perpetual inventory records.

 

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Obligations ” means (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursements of LC Disbursements and interest thereon and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp, documentary, excise, recording, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document.

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Permitted Business ” means any business engaged in by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Restatement Date and any Related Business.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) (i) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested and (ii) deemed trusts and Liens to which the Priority Payables Reserve relates for taxes, assessments or other charges or levies that are not yet due and payable;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days (or any longer grace period available under the terms of the applicable underlying obligation) or are being contested;

(c) Liens created and pledges and deposits made (including cash deposits to secure obligations in respect of letters of credit provided) in the ordinary course

 

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of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

(d) Liens created and deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, appeal bonds, performance bonds, surety bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) judgment liens; and

(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property and other Liens incidental to the conduct of business or ownership of property that arise automatically by operation of law or arise in the ordinary course of business and that do not materially detract from the value of the property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or of the Collateral, in each case taken as a whole, or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or otherwise adversely affect in any material respect the rights or interests of the Lenders;

provided that (except as provided in clause (d) above) the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness for borrowed money.

Permitted Inventory Location ” means (a) property owned or leased by the Borrower or a Grantor in the United States of America or Canada or (b) a third party warehouse or dock in the United States of America or Canada where Inventory of the Borrower or any Grantor is stored.

Permitted Investment ” means an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in:

(1) the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) Temporary Cash Investments;

(4) receivables owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided , however , that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

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for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(6) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(7) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of disputes with customers or suppliers or debts (including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon insolvency of a debtor) created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

(8) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the noncash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.04;

(9) a Receivables Entity or any Investment by a Receivables Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Transaction or any related Indebtedness; provided , however , that any Investment in a Receivables Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

(10) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, and lease, utility, workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(11) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of Hedging Obligations otherwise permitted under Section 6.01;

(12) any Person to the extent such Investment in such Person existed on the Restatement Date and any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds such an Investment, provided that the new Investment is in an amount that does not exceed that amount replaced, refinanced or refunded and is made in the same Person as the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;

(13) advances to, and Guarantees for the benefit of, customers, dealers, lessees, lessors or suppliers made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; and

(14) any Person to the extent such Investment, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) and then outstanding on the date such Investment is made, does not exceed the greater of (A) the sum of (i) $500,000,000 and (ii) any amounts under

 

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Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv)(x) that were excluded by operation of the proviso in Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv) and which excluded amounts are not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income or intended to be permitted under any of clauses (1) through (13) of this definition and (B) 5.0% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Borrower have been filed with the SEC.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.

Pounds Sterling ” or “ £ ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Preferred Stock ,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB (or any successor Administrative Agent appointed or chosen pursuant to Article VIII hereof) as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

Principal Issuing Bank ” means JPMCB and any other Issuing Bank whom the Borrower and JPMCB agree will be a Principal Issuing Bank (or any of their Affiliates that shall act as Issuing Banks hereunder).

Priority Payables Reserve ” means, at any time, the sum, without duplication, of any deductions made pursuant to the definitions of “Additional Inventory Reserves”, “Inventory Reserves”, “Eligible Inventory” and “Inventory Value”, and the full amount of the liabilities at such time which have a trust imposed to provide for payment thereof or a security interest, Lien or charge ranking or capable of ranking, in each case senior to or pari passu with the Liens created under the Security Documents under Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, county, municipal or local law with respect to claims for goods and services taxes, sales tax, income tax, workers’ compensation obligations, vacation pay or pension fund obligations.

 

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Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness:

(1) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, plant and equipment, conditional purchase obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement and other obligations Incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction or improvement of such asset, in each case where the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of (A) the cost of the asset being financed and (B) the Fair Market Value of such asset; and

(2) Incurred to finance such acquisition, construction or improvement by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset;

provided , however , that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement.

Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivables Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, which note:

(1) shall be repaid from cash available to the Receivables Entity, other than:

(A) amounts required to be established as reserves;

(B) amounts paid to investors in respect of interest;

(C) principal and other amounts owing to such investors; and

(D) amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables; and

(2) may be subordinated to the payments described in clause (1).

Qualified Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:

(1) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries); or

(2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity);

or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all

 

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contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided , however , that the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower); and provided further , however , that no such transaction or series of transactions shall be a Qualified Receivables Transaction if any of the accounts receivable subject thereto is or would absent such transaction or series of transactions otherwise be subject to a Lien securing any U.S. Bank Indebtedness.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

Raw Material ” means Inventory used or consumed in the manufacturing or processing of goods to be sold by the Borrower or another Grantor in the ordinary course of business that is not yet included in Work in Process.

Reaffirmation Agreement ” shall mean the Reaffirmation Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G, among the Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Credit Parties shall reaffirm their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Security Documents to which they are a party.

Receivables Entity ” means a (a) Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Restricted Subsidiary and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity or (b) another Person engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with the Borrower which Person engages in the business of the financing of accounts receivable, and in either of clause (a) or (b):

(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which

(A) is Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(B) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

(C) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

 

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(2) which is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or with which neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; and

(3) to which neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Recovery Rate ” means (a) the estimated net recovery of all Inventory of the Borrower and the other Grantors stated in dollars as determined on a net orderly liquidation basis by the most recent analysis conducted by outside inventory consultants/appraisers retained or approved by the Administrative Agent and disclosed to the Borrower divided by (b) the Inventory Value of all Inventory of the Borrower and each other Grantor as of the date of such most recent analysis.

Reference Date ” means May 11, 2009.

Refinance ” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness, including, in any such case from time to time, after the discharge of the Indebtedness being Refinanced. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Restatement Date or Incurred in compliance with this Agreement (including Indebtedness of the Borrower that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness); provided , however , that:

(1) the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

(2) the Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced;

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the Indebtedness being refinanced (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding (or that would be outstanding if the entire committed amount of any credit facility being Refinanced were fully drawn (other than any such amount that would have been prohibited from being drawn pursuant to Section 6.01) (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs);

(4) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and

(5) if Incurred by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, the Refinancing Indebtedness is not secured by Liens on any assets other than the assets that secured the Indebtedness being refinanced, and any such Liens have no greater priority than the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

provided further , however , that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:

(A) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that Refinances Indebtedness of the Borrower; or

(B) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

Related Business ” means any business reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, counsel, trustees and other advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Rent Reserve ” means, on any date, with respect to any retail store, distribution center, warehouse, manufacturing facility or other Permitted Inventory Location where any Eligible Inventory that is subject to Liens arising by operation of law is located and with respect to which no Lien Waiver is in effect, a reserve equal to three months’ rent and charges at such retail store, distribution center, warehouse, manufacturing facility or other Permitted Inventory Location.

Restatement Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

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Restatement Date Perfection Certificate ” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

Restricted Payment ” in respect of any Person means:

(1) the declaration or payment of any dividend, any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock or any similar payment (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock in their capacity as such, except (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, Preferred Stock) and (B) dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary has Capital Stock held by Persons other than the Borrower or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to such other Persons on no more than a pro rata basis);

(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (“ Purchase ”) for value of any Capital Stock of the Borrower held by any Person (other than Capital Stock held by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) or any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Capital Stock held by a Restricted Subsidiary) (other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Borrower that is not Disqualified Stock);

(3) the Purchase for value, prior to scheduled maturity, any scheduled repayment or any scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Subordinated Obligations (other than the Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations acquired in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such Purchase); or

(4) any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Retail Division ” means those standard business units of the Borrower and the other Grantors classified as “Retail Division” on the Borrower’s perpetual inventory records.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property, plant and equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than (i) leases between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any such transaction entered into with respect to any property, plant and equipment or any improvements thereto at the time of, or within 180 days after, the

 

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acquisition or completion of construction of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements (or, if later, the commencement of commercial operation of any such property, plant and equipment), as the case may be, to finance the cost of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements, as the case may be.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Second Lien Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, certain lenders and JPMCB, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Grantors, certain other Subsidiaries and the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Second Lien Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the Second Lien Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by a Lien. “ Secured Indebtedness ” of a Subsidiary has a correlative meaning.

Secured Parties ” means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Collateral Agent and each Lender.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Documents ” means the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the Canadian Security Agreements, the Mortgages and each other instrument or document delivered in connection with the cash collateralization of Letters of Credit or pursuant to Section 5.08, in each case to secure any of the Obligations.

 

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Senior Managing Agents ” means Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in their capacity as senior managing agents for the credit facilities established by this Agreement.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Collateral Agent ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the collateral agent under the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Governing Documents ” means each Indenture or other agreement or instrument providing for the issuance or setting forth the terms of any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Borrower that (a) is secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.06(b), but that is not secured by Liens on any additional assets, (b) constitutes Designated Junior Obligations under and as defined in the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, and the Liens securing which are subordinated under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement to the Liens securing the Obligations and (c) does not contain provisions inconsistent with the restrictions of Schedule 1.01C.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages and other documents creating Liens on assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors to secure the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, (a) the principal of and all premium or make-whole amounts, if any, and interest payable in respect of such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, (b) any amounts payable under Guarantees of such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness by Subsidiaries and (c) all other amounts payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents (to the extent such amounts relate to such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness) or the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Governing Documents.

Specified Asset Sale ” means (i) the Farm Tires Sale or (ii) the sale of all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

Specified Jurisdiction ” means The United States of America and Canada.

Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which, taken as a whole, are customary in an accounts receivable transaction.

 

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Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the Borrower unless such contingency has occurred). The “Stated Maturity” of the Obligations means the Commitment Termination Date.

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means 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 to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subordinated Obligation ” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower (whether outstanding on the Restatement Date or thereafter Incurred) (a) that by its terms is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations or (b) that is not Secured Indebtedness or (c) that is secured subject to an agreement subordinating its Liens to those securing the Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, “ Subordinated Obligations ” shall include the Second Lien Indebtedness, any Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations and any unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors. “ Subordinated Obligation ” of a Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

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Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary that is, or is required pursuant to Section 5.08 to become, a Guarantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

Swap Agreement ” means any agreement in respect of any Hedging Obligations.

Syndication Agent ” means each of BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, in its capacity as syndication agent hereunder.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

Temporary Cash Investments ” means any of the following:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof, and having, at such date of acquisition, ratings of A2 or higher from Standard & Poor’s and P2 or higher from Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof and issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which has a short-term deposit rating of A1 from Standard & Poor’s and P1 from Moody’s and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution described in clause (c) above;

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;

(f) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (b) through (e) of foreign obligors, which investments or obligor have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies (and with respect to clause (e), are not required to comply with the Rule 2a-7 criteria);

 

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(g) investments of the type and maturity described in clause (c) in any obligor organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States that (A) is a branch or subsidiary of a Lender or the ultimate parent company of a Lender under any of the Credit Facilities Agreements (but only if such Lender meets the ratings and capital, surplus and undivided profits requirements of such clause (c)) or (B) carries a rating at least equivalent to the rating of the sovereign nation in which it is located; and

(h) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the sovereign nation in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or issued by an agency of such sovereign nation and backed by the full faith and credit of such sovereign nation, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition, so long as the indebtedness of such sovereign nation is rated at least A by Standard & Poor’s or A2 by Moody’s or carries an equivalent rating from a comparable foreign rating agency, and (ii) other investments of the type and maturity described in clause (c) in obligors organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States in any country in which such Foreign Subsidiary is located, provided , however , that the investments permitted under this subclause (ii) shall be made in amounts and jurisdictions consistent with the Borrower’s policies governing short-term investments.

Total Assets ” of any Subsidiary means (a) in the case of any Subsidiary organized in a Specified Jurisdiction, (i) the total assets of such Subsidiary, excluding Intercompany Items, plus (ii) if the Net Intercompany Items of such Subsidiary shall be positive, the amount of such Net Intercompany Items; and (b) in the case of any other Subsidiary, the total assets of such Subsidiary, excluding Intercompany Items.

Total Commitment ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of all the Commitments at such time.

Trade Acceptance ” means any bankers acceptance provided to trade creditors in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services in order to assure payment of any Trade Payable.

Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and by the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Grantors, as applicable, of the Reaffirmation Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the borrowing of the Loans, the obtaining and use of the Letters of Credit, the creation and the continuation of the Liens and Guarantees provided for in the Security Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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2003 MGCA ” means the Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder, the subsidiary grantors thereunder, certain other Subsidiaries, certain financial institutions, and the collateral agent thereunder.

2010 Indenture ” means, collectively, the Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

2012 Indenture ” means, collectively, the Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 28, 2012, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

2012 Indenture Closing Date ” means February 28, 2012.

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

UCC ” means Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and

(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided , however , that either:

(A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total Consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(B) if such Subsidiary has total Consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 6.02.

 

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The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Borrower could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 6.01(a) or (2) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater after giving effect to such designation than before such designation and

(y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly furnishing to the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

U.S. Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the U.S. Credit Agreements and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

U.S. Credit Agreements ” means (i) the First Lien Agreement and (ii) the Second Lien Agreement, each as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except, in the case of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended from time to time.

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determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Wingfoot ” means Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems, LLC.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Work in Process ” means Inventory used or consumed in the manufacturing or processing of goods to be sold by the Borrower or another Grantor in the ordinary course of business consisting of parts and subassemblies in the process of becoming completed assembly components that are no longer included in Raw Materials but are not yet included in Finished Goods.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03. Foreign Currency Translation. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling (i) as of the date of the issuance thereof, (ii) as of each subsequent date on which such Letter of Credit shall be renewed or extended or the stated amount of such Letter of Credit shall be increased, (iii) as of the last Business day of each calendar month and (iv) as of each date on which any Issuing Bank shall have requested such determination due to fluctuations in applicable currency exchange rates (which shall not be requested by an Issuing Bank unreasonably), in each case using the Exchange Rate for the applicable currency in relation to dollars in effect on the date of determination, and each such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such Letter of Credit until the next required calculation thereof. The Dollar Equivalent of any LC Disbursement made by any Issuing Bank in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling and not reimbursed by the Borrower shall be determined as set forth in paragraphs (e) or (l) of Section 2.03, as applicable. In addition, the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Exposures shall be determined as set forth in paragraph (j) of Section 2.03, at the time and in the circumstances specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the applicable Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank of each calculation of the Dollar Equivalent of each Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement.

SECTION 1.04. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other

 

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document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, and (e) 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, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.05. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Majority Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in dollars in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (x) such Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (y) the aggregate Credit Exposure exceeding the Borrowing Base Availability then in effect. Each Loan shall be part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type held by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Loans.

(b) Subject to Section 2.11, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make, convert or continue any Eurodollar Loan by causing

 

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any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make, convert or continue such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Total Commitment, or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.03(e). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 30 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Commitment Termination Date.

SECTION 2.02. Requests for Borrowing. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the day of the proposed Borrowing; provided that if at any time an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars shall be made in an amount at least equal to the applicable minimum borrowing amount, a notice of an ABR Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of such LC Disbursement shall be deemed to have been timely given as contemplated by Section 2.03(e) unless the Borrower shall have given notice to the contrary to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next following the date on which the Borrower shall have been notified of such LC Disbursement. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.01:

(1) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(2) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(3) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

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(5) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.03. Letters of Credit. (a)  General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance (or the amendment, renewal or extension) of Letters of Credit denominated in dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. On the Restatement Date, each Issuing Bank that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have granted in accordance with paragraph (d) below to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from such Issuing Bank, a participation in each such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Banks and Lenders that are also party to the Existing Credit Agreement agree that, concurrently with such grant, the participations in the Existing Letters of Credit granted to the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be automatically canceled without further action by any of the parties thereto. On and after the Restatement Date each Existing Letter of Credit shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof. Any Lender that issued an Existing Letter of Credit but shall not have entered into an Issuing Bank Agreement shall have the rights of an Issuing Bank as to such Letter of Credit for purposes of this Section 2.03.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount and currency of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by any Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall

 

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submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit; provided that any provisions in any such letter of credit application that create Liens securing the obligations of the Borrower thereunder or that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement shall be of no force or effect. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Commitment, (ii) the aggregate amount of the LC Exposures shall not exceed $800,000,000, (iii) the aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base Availability then in effect and (iv) the portion of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed the LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely on such representation and warranty. The Administrative Agent agrees, at the request of any Issuing Bank, to provide information to such Issuing Bank as to the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures, the Credit Exposures, the LC Exposures, the Total Commitment and the Borrowing Base Availability.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date. Any Letter of Credit may provide by its terms that it may be extended for additional successive one-year periods on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank (but subject to the proviso in the next sentence). Any Letter of Credit providing for automatic extension shall be extended upon the then current expiration date without any further action by any Person unless the applicable Issuing Bank shall have given notice to the applicable beneficiary (with a copy to the applicable Borrower) of the election by such Issuing Bank not to extend such Letter of Credit, such notice to be given not fewer than 60 days prior to the then current expiration date of such Letter of Credit; provided that no Letter of Credit may be extended automatically or otherwise beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date.

(d) Participations. Effective with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit upon the occurrence of the Restatement Date, and effective with respect to each other Letter of Credit (and each amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) upon the issuance (or increase) thereof, and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in each Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any reimbursement payment in respect of an

 

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LC Disbursement required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason (or if such LC Disbursement or reimbursement payment was made in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, the Dollar Equivalent thereof using the LC Exchange Rate in effect on the applicable LC Participation Calculation Date). Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction of its Commitment, or the Total Commitment.

(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, in the currency in which such LC Disbursement is made, not later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day following the date on which the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement (or, in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in a currency other than dollars, on the third Business Day following such date if the Borrower shall not have received notice of such LC Disbursement until after 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date); provided that, if such LC Disbursement is denominated in dollars and is at least equal to the applicable minimum borrowing amount, unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent to the contrary not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day next following the date on which the Borrower shall have been notified of such LC Disbursement, the Borrower will be deemed to have requested in accordance with Section 2.02 that such payment be financed with an ABR Borrowing on such Business Day in an equivalent amount and, to the extent the Borrower satisfies the condition precedent to such ABR Borrowing set forth in Section 4.02(b), the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged with the proceeds of the requested ABR Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due and the Borrower is not entitled to make a Borrowing in the amount of such payment, (A) if such payment relates to a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, automatically and with no further action required, the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable LC Disbursement shall be permanently converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the LC Exchange Rates on the applicable LC Participation Calculation Date, of such LC Disbursement and (B) in the case of each LC Disbursement, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of such LC Disbursement, the Dollar Equivalent of the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof, and each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on the date such notice is received, its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.04 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.04 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such

 

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Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. No payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall constitute a Loan or relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. If the reimbursement by the Borrower of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling would subject the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in dollars, the Borrower shall, at its option, either (x) pay the amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or Lender or (y) reimburse in dollars each LC Disbursement made in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the applicable LC Exchange Rate on the date such LC Disbursement is reimbursed (or on the applicable LC Participation Calculation Date, if such date shall have occurred), of such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) any claim or defense against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transactions (including the underlying transaction between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit), (v) the occurrence of any Default or (vi) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense against, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, or any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Banks; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any damages suffered by the Borrower or any Lender that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their

 

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face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, acting in good faith, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not (i) relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement or (ii) relieve any Lender’s obligation to acquire participations as required pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.03.

(h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in dollars, and at all times following the conversion to dollars of an LC Disbursement made in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling pursuant to paragraph (e) or (l) of this Section, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans, and (ii) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, at all times prior to its conversion to dollars pursuant to paragraph (e) or (l) of this Section, a rate per annum reasonably determined by the applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to determine interest applicable to Eurodollar Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.10(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of the Lenders to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. Each Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of such Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.09(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the

 

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replacement of any Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the earlier of (i) the third Business Day after the Borrower shall receive notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph and (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Loans shall be accelerated or the Total Commitment reduced to zero, the Borrower shall deposit in an account or accounts with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed LC Disbursements and all interest accrued and unpaid thereon. Amounts payable under the preceding sentence in respect of any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement shall be payable in the currency of such Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement, except that LC Disbursements in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling in respect of which the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations have been converted to obligations in dollars as provided in paragraph (e) above, and interest accrued thereon, shall be payable in dollars. The obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account or accounts. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investment shall be in Temporary Cash Investments and shall be made in the discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account or accounts. Moneys in such account or accounts shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposures representing more than 50% of the LC Exposures and the Issuing Banks with outstanding Letters of Credit), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral under this paragraph, then (1) if the maturity of the Loans has not been accelerated and the LC Exposure shall be reduced to an amount below the amount so deposited, the Administrative Agent will return to the Borrower any excess of the amount so deposited over the LC Exposure and (2) such amount (to the extent not applied as provided above in this paragraph) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

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(k) Issuing Bank Reports. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the currency and aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amount thereof shall have changed), it being understood that such Issuing Bank shall not effect any issuance, renewal, extension or amendment resulting in an increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit without first obtaining written confirmation from the Administrative Agent that such increase is then permitted under this Agreement, (ii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date, currency and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iii) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC Disbursement and (iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.

(l) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant to Article VII, all amounts (i) that the Borrower is at the time or becomes thereafter required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements made under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling (other than amounts in respect of which the Borrower has deposited cash collateral, if such cash collateral was deposited in the applicable currency), (ii) that the Lenders are at the time or become thereafter required to pay to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent is at the time or becomes thereafter required to distribute to the applicable Issuing Bank) pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling and (iii) of each Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, calculated using the LC Exchange Rates on such date (or in the case of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the obligations described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder.

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:30 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.03(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

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(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. It is agreed that no payment by the Borrower under this paragraph will be subject to any break-funding payment under Section 2.13.

SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.02 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.01:

(1) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (3) and (4) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

 

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(2) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(3) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(4) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.06. Reductions of Commitments. (a) Unless previously reduced to zero, the Total Commitment and each LC Commitment shall be reduced to zero on the Commitment Termination Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time reduce the Total Commitment; provided that (i) each reduction of the Total Commitment (other than a reduction of the Total Commitment to zero) shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not reduce the Total Commitment if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.08, the aggregate Credit Exposures would exceed the Total Commitment.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to reduce the Total Commitment under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of reduction

 

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of the Total Commitment to zero delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or financings, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any reduction of the Total Commitment shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay on the Commitment Termination Date to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan of such Lender.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made or held by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein (including any failure to record the making or repayment of any Loan) shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or prevent the Borrower’s obligations in respect of Loans from being discharged to the extent of amounts actually paid in respect thereof.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to paragraph (c) of this Section.

 

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(b) The Borrower shall in the event and on each occasion that (i) the aggregate Credit Exposures exceed the Total Commitments or (ii) the aggregate Credit Exposures exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect, not later than the next Business Day, prepay Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to such excess, and in the event that after such prepayment of Borrowings any such excess shall remain, the Borrower shall deposit cash in an amount equal to such excess as collateral for the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower in respect of Letters of Credit; provided that in the case of any such excess that results from any determination under Section 1.03 of the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling (i) no prepayment or redesignation shall be required until the Business Day next succeeding the day on which the Borrower shall have received notice of such determination under Section 1.03 from the Administrative Agent, and (ii) any such prepayment required in respect of any excess of the aggregate Credit Exposures over the Borrowing Base then in effect may, if such excess is in an amount less than $10,000,000, be deferred until the last day of the nearest maturing Interest Period(s) then in effect with respect to Loan(s) required to be so repaid except to the extent of any excess of the Credit Exposures over the Total Commitments. Any cash so deposited (and any cash previously deposited pursuant to this paragraph) with the Administrative Agent shall be held in an account over which the Administrative Agent shall have dominion and control to the exclusion of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the exclusive right of withdrawal. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investment shall be in Temporary Cash Investments and shall be made in the discretion of the Administrative Agent (or, at any time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, shall be made at the direction of the Borrower) and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of the Majority Lenders), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower has provided cash collateral to secure the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower in respect of Letters of Credit hereunder, then, so long as no Event of Default shall exist, such cash collateral shall be released to the Borrower if so requested by the Borrower at any time if and to the extent that, after giving effect to such release, the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures would not exceed the Total Commitment and the aggregate Credit Exposures would not exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to make any prepayment hereunder by reason of Section 2.08(b), such notice shall be delivered not later than the time at which such prepayment is made. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall

 

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specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of reduction of the Total Commitment to zero as contemplated by Section 2.06(c), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.06(c). Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing (other than pursuant to Section 2.08(b)) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.01. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10.

SECTION 2.09. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, accruing at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment is reduced to zero. Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such date and on the date on which the Commitments are reduced to zero, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Borrowings on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Restatement Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment is reduced to zero and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank (on the date hereof or any later date on which such Issuing Bank shall have become an Issuing Bank), on the daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Restatement Date to but excluding the later of the date each LC Commitment of such Issuing Bank is reduced to zero and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Restatement Date; provided that all such accrued fees shall be payable in respect of LC Exposures on the date on which the Total Commitment

 

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is reduced to zero and any such fees accruing in respect of LC Exposures after the date on which the Total Commitment is reduced to zero shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Banks pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(d) All fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Banks, in the case of fees payable to them) for distribution, where applicable, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.10. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and shall be payable for each Loan upon reduction of the Total Commitment to zero; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for

 

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the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or any Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(1) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any Issuing Bank; or

(2) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition (other than (A) Taxes on or with respect to any payment hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining the Commitment of such Lender) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or

 

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such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to be material, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Commitment of such Lender or the Loans or participations in Letters of Credit held by such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company would have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such amount is being contested by the Borrower in good faith.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan, or to convert any Loan to a Eurodollar Loan, on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.08(c) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each

 

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Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such amount is being contested by the Borrower in good faith.

SECTION 2.14. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions of such Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made (and the Borrower shall pay or cause such Credit Party to pay such increased amount), (ii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or the applicable Issuing Bank or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of the applicable Issuing Bank or a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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(d) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) any Taxes described in Section 2.14(a) (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender, (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant taxing or other authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.14(d) shall be paid within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (d).

(e) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or any other Credit Party to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time such Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement and at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding; provided that such Foreign Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation; and provided further that no such written notice shall be required with respect to any documentation necessary to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (as described in Section 2.14(g)) or the applicable IRS Form W-8 a Foreign Lender is required to deliver to the Borrower to permit payments to be made without withholding of U.S. Federal income tax (or at a reduced rate of U.S. withholding tax). In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Lender

 

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agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered in accordance with this Section 2.14(f) or Section 2.14(g) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) Except as required or permitted under Section 2.02, 2.03, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.16 or 9.03, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing or of any LC Disbursement, each payment of interest on the Loans or the LC Disbursements, each payment of fees (other than fees payable to the Issuing Banks), each reduction of the Total Commitment and each refinancing of any Borrowing with a Borrowing of any Type, shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired or been reduced to zero, in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans or LC Exposures, as applicable). Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.

(b) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.14 or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account specified by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or, in any such case, to such other account as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time specify in a notice delivered to the Borrower, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled

 

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thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person in appropriate ratable shares to the appropriate recipient or recipients promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars, except as otherwise expressly provided. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(c) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans, participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements. If any participations are purchased pursuant to the preceding sentence and all or any portion of the payments giving rise thereto are recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in its Commitment or any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law and under this Agreement, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

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(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank, and to pay interest thereon for each day from and including the date such amount shall have been distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to or recovery by the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.03(d) or (e), 2.04(b), 2.14(d), 2.15(e), 9.03(c) or any other provision requiring payment by such Lender for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12 or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee

 

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that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee or the Borrower, as the case may be, and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. If any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower, if requested to do so by any Issuing Bank, shall use commercially reasonable efforts (which shall not include the payment of any compensation) to identify an assignee willing to purchase and assume the interests, rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement and to require such Lender to assign and delegate all such interests, rights and obligations to such assignee in accordance with the preceding sentence.

SECTION 2.17. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(a);

(b) the Commitments and Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Majority Lenders or any other group of Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided , that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;

(c) if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in

 

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accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.09(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Banks or any other Lender hereunder, all participation fees payable under Section 2.09(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks (and allocated among them ratably based on the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank) until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit unless it shall be satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.17(c), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.17(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

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If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) an Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, such Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

If the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Issuing Bank shall agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the LC Exposures of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and, on the date of such readjustment, such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans and participations in unreimbursed LC Disbursements of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans and participations in unreimbursed LC Disbursements in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the Credit Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and is qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except for failures that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into by each Credit Party are within such Credit Party’s powers and have been duly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Credit Document to which any Credit Party is or is to be a party constitutes or, when executed and delivered by such Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Credit Party, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally

 

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and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. (a) Except to the extent that no Material Adverse Change would be materially likely to result, the Transactions (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as are required to perfect Liens created under the Security Documents and such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) do not and will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (iii) do not and will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their assets, and (iv) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Credit Documents.

(b) The incurrence of each Loan, Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement, each Guarantee thereof under the Credit Documents and each Lien securing any of the Obligations, is permitted under each indenture or other agreement governing any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness in effect at the time of such incurrence, and the Loans, Letters of Credit, LC Disbursements and Guarantees thereof under the Credit Documents constitute Designated Senior Obligations under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP.

(b) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2011, there has been no event or condition that constitutes or would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, it being agreed that a reduction in any rating relating to the Borrower issued by any rating agency shall not, in and of itself, be an event or condition that constitutes or would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (but that events or conditions underlying or resulting from any such reduction may constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change).

SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that if adversely determined would be materially likely, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a

 

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Material Adverse Change or (ii) as of the Restatement Date, that involve the Credit Documents or the Transactions.

(b) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, and except with respect to matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.07. Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.08. ERISA and Canadian Pension Plans. (a) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur, would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(b) Except as would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) the Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and all other applicable laws which require registration and no event has occurred which is reasonably likely to cause the loss of such registered status; (ii) all material obligations of each Credit Party (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed in a timely fashion; (iii) to the knowledge of the Credit Parties there have been no improper withdrawals of the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans; (iv) there are no outstanding material disputes concerning the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans; and (v) each of the Canadian Pension Plans is being funded in accordance with the actuarial valuation reports last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and which are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles.

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Collateral Agent or any Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 (taken together with all other information so furnished and as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contained or will contain, in each case as of the date thereof, any material misstatement of fact or omitted or will omit to state, in each case as of the date thereof, any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information or other forward looking information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

SECTION 3.10. Security Interests. (a) Each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreements is or, when executed and delivered, will be, effective to create or continue in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, and (i) when the Collateral constituting certificated securities (as defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) was or is delivered to the Collateral Agent thereunder, together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement created or will create, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, a perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in such certificated securities to the extent perfection is governed by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06 that take priority over security interests in certificated securities perfected by the possession of such securities under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form were or are filed, and any other applicable registrations were or are made, in the offices specified in the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreements created or will create or continue a perfected security interest (or hypothec, as applicable) in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the remaining Collateral to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and making such other applicable filings and registrations in such jurisdictions, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06. The exclusion of the Consent Assets (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) from the Collateral does not materially reduce the aggregate value of the Collateral.

(b) Each Mortgage creates or, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all the applicable mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties subject thereto and the proceeds thereof, and the Mortgages create or, when the Mortgages have been filed or registered in the counties specified in Schedule 3.10(b), will create perfected Liens on all right, title and interest of the mortgagors in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, prior and superior in right to Liens in favor of any other Person (other than Liens or other encumbrances for which exceptions are taken in the policies of title insurance delivered in respect of the

 

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Mortgaged Properties on or prior to the Restatement Date and Liens permitted under Section 6.06).

(c) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement currently on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Security Agreements currently on file with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the Material Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by such recordation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, as the case may be, in each case (i) prior and superior in right to any other Person and (ii) subject to no other Lien other than, in the case of (i) and (ii), Liens permitted under Section 6.06 (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, as the case may be, may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and trademark applications acquired by the Grantors after the Restatement Date). As of the Restatement Date, the Disclosure Letter sets forth all the Material Intellectual Property.

(d) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement currently on file with the Federal Aviation Administration creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the Aircraft Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by such recordation with the Federal Aviation Administration, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06.

(e) None of the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate or any other written information relating to the Collateral delivered after the date hereof by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provision of any Credit Document is or will be incorrect when delivered in any respect material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

SECTION 3.11. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit will be used only for the purposes referred to in the preamble to this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01. Restatement Date. This Agreement shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived or deferred in accordance with Section 9.02 or the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4.01):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and dated the Restatement Date) of (i) Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Borrower, and (ii) the General Counsel, an Associate General Counsel or a Senior Legal Counsel of the Borrower, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and covering such other matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall reasonably request.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party, the authorization by the Credit Parties of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(c) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of (x) the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and (y) the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, each duly executed and delivered by each party thereto.

(e) The amendment and restatement of the Second Lien Agreement shall have become effective or shall concurrently become effective in substantially the form thereof most recently posted to IntraLinks prior to the date hereof with only such changes thereto as shall not be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect and shall have been approved by the Administrative Agent. All conditions to the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Second Lien Agreement shall have been satisfied.

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Officer to that effect.

(g) The Borrower and the other Credit Parties shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents in all material respects on their part to be observed or performed, and at the time of and immediately after the Restatement Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Financial Officer to that effect.

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable on or prior to, or accrued to, the Restatement Date under the Existing Credit Agreement, and all fees and other amounts due and payable in connection with the effectiveness of this Agreement, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a completed Restatement Date Perfection Certificate dated the Restatement Date and signed by a Financial Officer, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and (ii) the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings or registrations made with respect to the Credit Parties in the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph 1 of the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search.

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Excluded Subsidiaries and the Consent Subsidiaries) a counterpart of the Reaffirmation Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a Guarantor and (in the case of each Subsidiary that is a Grantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a Canadian Grantor under any Canadian Security Agreement) a Grantor.

(k) The Collateral Agent shall have received certificates representing all Capital Stock (other than any uncertificated Capital Stock) pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

(l) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other personal property security filings and recordations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Federal Aviation Administration required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect or continue the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected or continued by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings or registrations under applicable Canadian personal property security legislation or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Federal Aviation Administration) shall have been filed or

 

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recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or recording.

(m) The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of an amended and restated Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) endorsements issued by the applicable nationally recognized title insurance company to each applicable policy of title insurance insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as amended and restated as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens (other than Liens referred to in such policies of title insurance and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Liens permitted by Section 6.06), together with such other endorsements as the Collateral Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, and (iii) such legal opinions and other documents as shall reasonably have been requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to any such amended and restated Mortgage or Mortgaged Property.

(n) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence from (i) each “Deposit Account Institution” that is required to be party to a “Lockbox Agreement” (as such terms are defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and (ii) each securities intermediary that is required by Section 5.09 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be a party to a “Securities Account Control Agreement” (as such term is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) that such agreement has been duly executed by all requisite parties and has become effective.

(o) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate and the related certificate of a Financial Officer in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 of this Agreement after giving effect to the amendment and restatement hereof on the Restatement Date in replacement of the last monthly Borrowing Base Certificate delivered prior to the Restatement Date.

The Collateral Agent may enter into agreements with the Borrower to grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the delivery of surveys, title insurance, legal opinions or other documents with respect to particular assets where it determines that perfection cannot be accomplished or such documents cannot be delivered without undue effort or expense by the Restatement Date or any later date on which they are required to be accomplished or delivered under this Agreement or the Security Documents. Any failure of the Borrower to satisfy a requirement of any such agreement by the date specified therein (or any later date to which the Collateral Agent may agree) shall constitute a breach of the provision of this Agreement or the Security Document under which the original requirement was applicable. Without limiting the foregoing, it is anticipated that the actions listed on Annex I to the Disclosure Letter will not have been completed by the Restatement Date, and the Borrower covenants and agrees that each of such actions will be completed by the date specified for such action in such Annex I (or any later date to which the Collateral Agent may agree) and that the Borrower will comply with all of the undertakings set forth in such Annex I.

 

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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Restatement Date in writing, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions (except as contemplated by the immediately preceding paragraph) shall have been satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2012 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Total Commitment shall be reduced to zero at such time).

SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. (a) The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing and other than a Borrowing to reimburse an LC Disbursement made pursuant to Section 2.03(e)) and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(1) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement (including the representation in Section 3.03(a)(iii)) and of each Credit Party in the other Credit Documents (insofar as the representations and warranties in such other Credit Documents relate to the transactions provided for herein or to the Collateral securing the Obligations) shall be true and correct in all respects material to the rights or interests of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under the Credit Documents on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.

(2) After giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, the aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base Availability then in effect.

(3) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no breach of the delivery requirements of Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing deemed to have been requested by the Borrower to reimburse an LC Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.03(e) shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions that (i) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) after giving effect to such Borrowing, the aggregate Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Borrowing Base Availability then in effect.

 

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(c) Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of paragraph (a) above or in paragraph (b) above, as the case may be.

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments shall have been reduced to zero and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and Issuing Bank:

(a) as soon as available and in any event within 110 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers or other independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing (without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) demonstrating compliance with Section 6.09 at the end of the period to which such financial statements relate and for each applicable period

 

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then ended, and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the most recent audited financial statements delivered under clause (a) above (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, since December 31, 2011) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;

(e) other than in connection with the delivery of financial statements for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2012, not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, and at such other times as the Borrower may determine, a certificate of a Financial Officer identifying each Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Restatement Date and not previously identified in a certificate delivered pursuant to this paragraph, stating whether each such Domestic Subsidiary is a Consent Subsidiary and describing the factors that shall have led to the identification of any such Domestic Subsidiary as a Consent Subsidiary;

(f) from time to time, all information and documentation required to be delivered under Section 5.04 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

(g) other than in connection with the delivery of financial statements for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2012, not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that the requirements of Section 5.08 have been satisfied in all material respects; and

(h) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or the perfection of the security interests created by the Security Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov; provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such information to any Lender that requests such delivery. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 may also be delivered

 

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by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Defaults. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Default, together with a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except to the extent that failures to keep in effect such rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises would not be materially likely, individually or in the aggregate for all such failures, to result in a Material Adverse Change; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.08.

SECTION 5.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all its property in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent any failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (it being understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit any sale of any assets permitted by Section 6.04).

SECTION 5.05. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep books of record and account sufficient to enable the Borrower to prepare the financial statements and other information required to be delivered under Section 5.01. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent (or by any Lender acting through the Administrative Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties (accompanied by a representative of the Borrower) and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

(b) The Borrower will, and will cause each of the other Grantors to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent (including any consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Administrative Agent) (or by any Lender acting through the Administrative Agent) to conduct one evaluation and one appraisal in any fiscal year of the Borrower’s computation of the Borrowing Base and the assets included in the Borrowing Base and such other assets and properties of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or Majority Lenders may reasonably require, all at reasonable times and upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower and, if reasonably requested at any time when the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures exceeds 80% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect or when a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing, up to one

 

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additional evaluation and up to one additional appraisal in any fiscal year. The Borrower shall pay the reasonable fees (including reasonable and customary internally allocated fees and expenses of employees of the Administrative Agent as to which invoices have been furnished) and expenses of any third party representatives retained by the Administrative Agent as to which invoices have been furnished to conduct any such evaluation or appraisal, including the reasonable fees and expenses associated with collateral monitoring services performed by the IB ABL Portfolio Management Group of the Administrative Agent to the extent not otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. To the extent required by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) as a result of any such evaluation, appraisal or monitoring, the Borrower also agrees to modify or adjust the computation of the Borrowing Base (which may include maintaining additional reserves or modifying the eligibility criteria for the components of the Borrowing Base, but not modifying the specifically enumerated advance rates specified in the definition of the “ Borrowing Base ”). Any such modification or adjustment required by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall be made by written notice to the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such modification or adjustment, and shall become effective for purposes of the first Borrowing Base Certificate that is delivered pursuant to Section 5.09 at least five Business Days after the date of receipt by the Borrower of such written notice.

(c) In the event that historical accounting practices, systems or reserves relating to the components of the Borrowing Base are modified in a manner that is adverse to the Lenders in any material respect, the Borrower will agree to maintain such additional reserves (for purposes of computing the Borrowing Base) in respect of the components of the Borrowing Base and make such other adjustments to its parameters for including the components of the Borrowing Base as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders in their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably) shall reasonably require based upon such modifications.

SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, including Environmental Laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

SECTION 5.07. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customary among companies of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and operating in the same or similar locations, except to the extent the failure to do so would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.

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Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such North American Subsidiary, pursuant to which such North American Subsidiary will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and a Subsidiary Guarantor and, if it elects to become a Grantor or if its Total Assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Grantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary (other than (i) Capital Stock in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Capital Stock in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01(k)), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided , that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction.

(c) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any Material Foreign Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph and Capital Stock in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as shall be available under applicable law to cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided , that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign

 

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Subsidiary, (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction and (C) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in Goodyear Argentina.

(d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided , that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Intellectual Property to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be.

(e) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement.

SECTION 5.09. Borrowing Base Certificate. (a) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, no later than (i) 15 days following the end of each fiscal month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a completed Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base as of the close of business on the last day of such immediately preceding fiscal month as outlined in Exhibit E, (ii) if Available Commitments shall be $200,000,000 or less for each of five consecutive Business Days, on the Wednesday (or if such Wednesday is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day) of the next succeeding week following the last day of such five consecutive Business Day period a Borrowing Base Certificate calculating “Available accounts receivable” and Available Cash as of Saturday of the immediately preceding week and showing “Available inventory” as of the most recently delivered month-end Borrowing Base Certificate, and (iii) if requested by the

 

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Administrative Agent, at any other time when the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that the then existing Borrowing Base Certificate is materially inaccurate, as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than five Business Days after such request, a completed Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base and Available Cash as of the date so requested, in each case with such supporting documentation and additional reports with respect to the Borrowing Base as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(b) The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent at the time of each delivery of the Borrowing Base Certificate under clause (a) above (and in any event not later than 15 days following the end of each fiscal month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day)), a certificate of a Financial Officer in the form attached as Annex I to Exhibit E hereto specifying, to the best of such Financial Officer’s knowledge, as of the date of the information reported in such Borrowing Base Certificate (i) the aggregate cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries held in the United States, (ii) the aggregate cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries held other than in the United States, (iii) for each of this Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement, the undrawn amount available to be drawn hereunder and thereunder, respectively, (iv) the aggregate accounts payable position of the Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries and (v) Available Cash.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments shall have been reduced to zero and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:

SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Indebtedness. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided , however , that the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds therefrom the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.0:1.0.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness:

(1) (x) U.S. Bank Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (A) $3,500,000,000, less the aggregate amount of all prepayments of principal applied to permanently reduce any such Indebtedness in satisfaction of the Borrower’s obligations under Section 6.04 of the Second Lien Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), and (B) the sum of (i) 60% of the book value of the inventory of

 

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the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (ii) 80% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any accounts receivable pledged, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction), in each case, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC; provided that not more than $2,250,000,000 of the Indebtedness outstanding at any time under this clause (x) shall benefit from first priority security interests in the Collateral, and (y) European Bank Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed €525,000,000; provided , however , that the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to this clause (1) shall be reduced by any amount of Indebtedness Incurred and then outstanding pursuant to the election provision of clause (10)(A)(ii) below;

(2) Indebtedness of the Borrower owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that any subsequent event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof;

(3) Indebtedness (A) outstanding on the Restatement Date (other than the Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) above and clause (12) below), and (B) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in this clause (3) (including Indebtedness that is Refinancing Indebtedness) or the foregoing paragraph (a);

(4) (A) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred in contemplation of, in connection with, as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower); provided , however , that on the date that such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Borrower, (i) the Borrower would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (a) after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (4) or (ii) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately after giving effect to such Incurrence and acquisition would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such transaction and (B) Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of

 

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Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (4);

(5) Indebtedness (A) in respect of performance bonds, Trade Acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit and surety or appeal bonds entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and (B) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge risks with respect to the Borrower’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s interest rate, currency or raw materials pricing exposure and not entered into for speculative purposes;

(6) Purchase Money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (6) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (A) $600,000,000 and (B) 5.0% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC;

(7) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(8) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of a Financial Officer’s becoming aware of its Incurrence;

(9) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Agreement (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (4) above);

(10) (A) Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (10)(A) and then outstanding, will not exceed (i) $1,150,000,000 plus (ii) any amount then permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) above that the Borrower instead elects to Incur pursuant to this clause (10)(A); and

(B) Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction in an amount not to exceed €450,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

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(11) Indebtedness constituting unsecured Indebtedness or Secured Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000,000 and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that any such Secured Indebtedness may be secured solely with assets that do not constitute Collateral;

(12) Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness and the related Guarantees by Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; and

(13) Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (13) and then outstanding, will not exceed $150,000,000.

(c) For purposes of determining the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01:

(1) Outstanding Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement prior to or on the Restatement Date shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of paragraph (b) above;

(2) Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.01 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this covenant permitting such Indebtedness; and

(3) in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 6.01, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall classify such Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) as of the time of Incurrence and will only be required to include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses ( provided that any Indebtedness originally classified as Incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13) may later be reclassified as having been Incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or any other of Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13) to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be Incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or one of Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13), as the case may be, if it were Incurred at the time of such reclassification).

(d) For purposes of determining compliance as of any date with any dollar or Euro denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness Incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as the case may be, determined on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that if

 

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any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency Agreement with respect to dollars or Euros, as the case may be, covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in dollars or Euros will be as provided in such Currency Agreement. The principal amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being Refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as appropriate, of the Indebtedness Refinanced determined on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, except to the extent that (i) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Agreement, in which case the Refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and (ii) the principal amount of the Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as appropriate, of such excess will be determined on the date such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred.

SECTION 6.02. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to make any Restricted Payment if at the time the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary makes any Restricted Payment:

(1) a Default will have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

(2) the Borrower could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 6.01(a); or

(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, whose determination will be conclusive) declared or made subsequent to the Reference Date would exceed the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter immediately following the fiscal quarter during which the Reference Date occurs to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income will be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);

(ii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the Reference Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the Borrower and other than an issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for

 

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the benefit of their employees) and 100% of any cash capital contribution received by the Borrower from its shareholders subsequent to the Reference Date;

(iii) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Borrower’s Consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of the Borrower) subsequent to the Reference Date of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries issued after the Reference Date which is convertible or exchangeable for capital stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (less the amount of any cash or the Fair Market Value of other property distributed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and

(iv) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the net reduction in the Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investments and proceeds representing the return of capital (excluding dividends and distributions), in each case realized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (y) to the extent such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s Capital Stock in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(b) The provisions of Section 6.02(a) shall not prohibit:

(1) any Restricted Payment made out of the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent such sale to such an employee stock ownership plan or trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Borrower from its shareholders; provided , however , that:

 

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(A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3), and

(B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale applied in the manner set forth in Section 6.02(b)(1) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under Section 6.02(a)(3)(ii);

(2) any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations (i) that are made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale of, other Subordinated Obligations (which (x) satisfy each of clauses (4) and (5) of the definition of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Subordinated Obligations being prepaid, repaid or Purchased and (y) may include Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(a)) or the Net Cash Proceeds of a sale of Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided , in each case, that the public announcement of the launch of such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value is made within three months of such sale of Subordinated Obligations or Capital Stock, or (ii) if, at the time thereof, the Borrower shall, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value, have $150,000,000 or more of Available Commitments; provided , however , that each such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value under this paragraph (2) shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(3) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividends would have complied with this covenant; provided , however , that such dividends shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(4) any Purchase for value of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided , however , that the aggregate amount of such Purchases for value will not exceed $10,000,000 in any calendar year; provided further , howeve r, that any of the $10,000,000 permitted to be applied for Purchases under this Section 6.02(b)(4) in a calendar year (and not so applied) may be carried forward for use in the following two calendar years; provided further , however , that such Purchases for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

 

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(5) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, payments of dividends on Disqualified Stock issued after the Reference Date pursuant to Section 6.01; provided , however , that such dividends shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(6) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options and the withholding tax related thereto; provided , however , that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(7) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations from Net Available Cash; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(8) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations from Net Available Cash (assuming for purposes of the definition of Net Available Cash as used in this clause (8) that the Specified Asset Sale was an Asset Disposition) from the Specified Asset Sale set forth in clause (i) of the definition thereof within 180 days after the receipt of such proceeds; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(9) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of any Indebtedness within 365 days of the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(10) payments to holders of Capital Stock (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares; provided , however , that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

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Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3); or

(12) any Restricted Payment in an amount which, when taken together with all Restricted Payments made after the Reference Date pursuant to this Section 6.02(b)(12), does not exceed $600,000,000; provided , however , that

(A) at the time of each such Restricted Payment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); and

(B) such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3).

SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Borrower;

(2) make any loans or advances to the Borrower; or

(3) transfer any of its property or assets to the Borrower, except:

(A) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to applicable law, rule, regulation or order or an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Restatement Date;

(B) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower) and outstanding on such date;

(C) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in Section 6.03(3)(A) or Section 6.03(3)(B) or this Section 6.03(3)(C) or contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in Section 6.03(3)(A) or

 

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Section 6.03(3)(B) or this Section 6.03(3)(C); provided , however , that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such Refinancing agreement or amendment are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements;

(D) in the case of Section 6.03(3), any encumbrance or restriction:

(i) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the assignment or transfer of any such lease, license or other contract; or

(ii) contained in mortgages, pledges and other security agreements securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrance or restriction restricts the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements;

(E) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary, any restriction imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

(F) any encumbrance or restriction existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided , however , that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Entity;

(G) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in Section 6.03(3);

(H) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements;

(I) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers, suppliers or, in the ordinary course of business, other third parties; and

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Indebtedness was issued, if:

(i) the encumbrance or restriction applies only in the event of a payment default or a default with respect to a financial covenant contained in such Indebtedness or agreement; or

(ii) at the time such Indebtedness is Incurred, such encumbrance or restriction is not expected to materially affect the Borrower’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Obligations, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, whose determination shall be conclusive.

SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition unless:

(1) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming sole responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition; and

(2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Additional Assets.

(b) For the purposes of this covenant, the following are deemed to be cash:

(1) the assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower) or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor) and the release of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness or obligations in connection with such Asset Disposition;

(2) any Designated Noncash Consideration having an aggregate Fair Market Value that, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause and then outstanding, does not exceed at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) the greater of (1) $200,000,000 and (2) 1.5% of the total Consolidated assets of the Borrower as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower filed with the SEC;

 

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(3) securities, notes or similar obligations received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash; and

(4) Temporary Cash Investments.

(c) Upon receipt of written notice from the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to release any security interest under any Security Document in any Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary transferred, for tax planning or other business purposes, consistent with the Borrower’s past practices, to any Foreign Subsidiary whose Capital Stock has been pledged under any of the Security Documents if either (i) the transferor of such Capital Stock is the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary and such release is required in order to obtain the desired amount of consideration from such transfer, or (ii) after giving effect to such transfer, the aggregate fair value of all such Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock transferred in a transaction described in the immediately preceding clause (i)), determined as of the date of each respective transfer, does not exceed, for all such transfers, $250,000,000.

SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Borrower (an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) unless such transaction is on terms:

(1) that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate,

(2) that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000,

(A) are set forth in writing, and

(B) have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction; and

(3) that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $75,000,000, have been determined by a nationally recognized appraisal, accounting or investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

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(1) any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 6.02;

(2) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, incentive compensation plans, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors;

(3) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors of the Borrower pursuant to plans approved by the Board of Directors;

(4) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower;

(5) the payment of reasonable fees and compensation to, or the provision of employee benefit arrangements and indemnity for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(6) any transaction between or among any of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;

(7) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower;

(8) any agreement as in effect on the Restatement Date described in the Disclosure Documents, or any renewals, extensions or amendments of any such agreement (so long as such renewals, extensions or amendments are not less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and the transactions evidenced thereby;

(9) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement which are fair to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as could reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party; or

(10) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

 

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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Liens. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Restatement Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(1); provided that any collateral securing Second Lien Indebtedness shall also constitute Collateral and any Lien securing Second Lien Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, on the terms set forth in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement;

(b) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(12); provided that any Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(12) shall be subordinate and junior to the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(e) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(f) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure obligations under letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions or are in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; provided , however , that such letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances and similar credit transactions do not constitute Indebtedness;

(g) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the

 

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ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness for borrowed money and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(h) Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property of such Person (including Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(6)); provided , however , that the Lien may not extend to any other property (other than property related to the property being financed) owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred, and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;

(i) Liens existing on the Restatement Date (which Liens, in the case of Liens on assets of the Borrower and of each other Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof, are set forth in Annex II to the Disclosure Letter); provided that (x) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (y) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secured on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount hereof (other than Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b));

(j) Liens on property or shares of stock of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided , however , that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further , however , that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, except pursuant to after-acquired property clauses existing in the applicable agreements at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary which do not extend to property transferred to such Person by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

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

(l) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;

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(n) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure Indebtedness of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(10);

(o) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred in the foregoing clauses (h), (i), (j) and (k); provided , however , that:

(1) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof); and

(2) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of:

(A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness secured by Liens described under clauses (h), (i), (j) or (k) at the time the original Lien became a permitted Lien under this Agreement; and

(B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such Refinancings;

(p) Liens on accounts receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” not constituting Collateral under this Agreement Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(q) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

(r) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases that do not otherwise constitute Indebtedness and that are entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(s) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(t) Liens which constitute bankers’ Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with any bank or other financial institution, whether arising by operation of law or pursuant to contract;

(u) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of Trade Acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

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(v) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and related documentation (and proceeds thereof) securing reimbursement obligations in respect of trade letters of credit issued to ensure payment of the purchase price for such items of inventory or other goods;

(w) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(11) or (13);

(x) Liens on assets subject to Sale/Leaseback Transactions; provided that the aggregate outstanding Attributable Debt in respect of such Liens (other than any such Liens imposed against all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio subject to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) shall not at any time exceed $125,000,000; and

(y) other Liens on assets that do not constitute Collateral to secure Indebtedness as long as the amount of outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred pursuant to this clause (y) does not exceed 7.5% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower, as determined based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC; provided , however , that notwithstanding whether this clause (y) would otherwise be available to secure Indebtedness, Liens securing Indebtedness originally secured pursuant to this clause (y) may secure Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness and such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been secured pursuant to this clause (y).

For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Section or any other provision of this Agreement to “assets not constituting Collateral” (or any similar phrase) means assets that (a) are not subject to any Lien securing the Obligations and (b) are not and (absent a change in facts) will not be required under the terms of this Agreement or the Security Documents to be made subject to any Lien securing the Obligations by reason of the nature of, or the identity of the Subsidiary owning, such assets (and not as a result of the existence of any other Lien or any legal or contractual provision preventing such assets from being made subject to Liens securing the Obligations).

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any property unless:

(a) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to:

(i) Incur Indebtedness with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 6.01;

(ii) create a Lien on such property securing such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.06(x) or, to the extent the assets subject to such Sale/Leaseback do not constitute Collateral under this Agreement, create a Lien on such property pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06;

 

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(iii) the gross proceeds payable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such property; and

(iv) the transfer of such property is permitted by, and, if applicable, the Borrower applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 6.04; or

(b) the Sale/Leaseback Transaction is with respect to all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

SECTION 6.08. Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) constituting all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, in the case of the Borrower, liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into any other Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary; except that no Domestic Subsidiary may merge into a Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) any sale of a Restricted Subsidiary made in accordance with Section 6.04 may be effected by a merger of such Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Investment that takes the form of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation (other than any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Borrower) that is expressly permitted by Section 6.02 shall be permitted under this Section 6.08.

SECTION 6.09. Consolidated Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not at any time when the requirements of this Section 6.09 apply permit the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC prior to such time to be less than 2.00 to 1.00. On each occasion that the Available Commitments shall for five consecutive Business Days be less than $200,000,000, the requirements of this Section 6.09 shall apply from such fifth Business Day to the first day thereafter as of which Available Commitments shall for 10 consecutive Business Days have been equal to or greater than $200,000,000.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) in the case of fees and interest payable under Sections 2.09 and 2.10, respectively, five Business Days, and (ii) in the case of any other fees, interest or other amounts (other than those referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01), five Business Days after the earlier of (A) the day on which a Financial Officer first obtains knowledge of such failure and (B) the day on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party in any Credit Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any respect material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;

(e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Credit Document (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) and (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender); provided that the failure of any Credit Party to perform any covenant, condition or agreement made in any Credit Document (other than this Agreement) shall not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure shall be (i) willful or (ii) material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents;

(f) the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment of principal in respect of any Material Indebtedness at the scheduled due date thereof and such failure shall continue beyond any applicable grace period, or any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than any Qualified Receivables Transaction existing on March 31, 2003) becoming due or being required to

 

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be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or terminated prior to its scheduled maturity (other than, in the case of any Qualified Receivables Transaction, any event or condition not caused by an act or omission of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, if the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a certificate to the effect that after the termination of such Qualified Receivables Transaction the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that are a party thereto have sufficient liquidity to operate their businesses in the ordinary course); provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or (ii) Material Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary if the Borrower is unable, due to applicable law restricting Investments in such Foreign Subsidiary, to make an Investment in such Foreign Subsidiary to fund the payment of such Material Indebtedness;

(g) any event or condition occurs that continues beyond any applicable grace period and enables or permits the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness (other than any Qualified Receivables Transaction existing on March 31, 2003) or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or termination thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided , that (i) no Event of Default shall occur under this clause (g) as a result of any event or condition relating to any Qualified Receivables Transaction, other than any default in the payment of principal or interest thereunder and (ii) this clause (g) shall not apply to (A) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or (B) Material Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary if the Borrower is unable, due to applicable law restricting Investments in such Foreign Subsidiary, to make an Investment in such Foreign Subsidiary to fund the payment of such Material Indebtedness;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, suspension of payment or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, bankruptcy, moratorium, suspension of payment or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets,

 

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(iv) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (v) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change;

(l) Liens created under the Security Documents shall not be valid and perfected Liens on a material portion of the Collateral;

(m) any Guarantee of the Obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Documents shall fail to be a valid, binding and enforceable Guarantee of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors where such failure would constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change; or

(n) a Change in Control shall occur;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Majority Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) reduce the Commitments to zero, and thereupon the Commitments and each LC Commitment shall immediately be reduced to zero, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and (iii) demand cash collateral with respect to any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03(j) (it being agreed that such demand will be deemed to have been made with respect to all Letters of Credit if any Loans are declared to be due and payable as provided in the preceding clause (ii)); and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically be reduced to zero, and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, and the Borrower’s obligation to provide cash collateral for Letters of Credit shall become effective, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agents by the terms hereof and of the other Credit Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders or Issuing Banks as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder.

The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Agents are required to exercise in writing by the Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information communicated to the Agents by or relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as the case may be, or in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender or Issuing Bank, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents.

The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel

 

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(who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them with reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Agents and any such sub-agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required from the Borrower if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or an Affiliate thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office in New York, New York. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.

Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent and (b) none of the Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Senior Managing Agents or Managing Agents shall, in its capacity as such, have any responsibilities, fiduciary or otherwise, to the Borrower, to any Lender or to any other Person under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents.

 

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Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article VIII, each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) to act as the Person holding the power of attorney (in such capacity, the “ fondé de pouvoir ”) of the Lenders and Issuing Banks as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the fondé de pouvoir under any hypothec. Moreover, without prejudice to such appointment and authorization to act as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid, each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) (in such capacity, the “ Custodian ”) to act as agent and custodian for and on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any debenture which may be issued under any hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other applicable law. In this respect, (i) the Custodian shall keep a record indicating the names and addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness secured by any pledge of any such debenture and owing to each Lender and Issuing Bank and (ii) each Lender and Issuing Bank will be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any hypothec and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms hereof.

Each of the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian (as applicable) with respect to the charged property under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent mutatis mutandis , including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability or responsibility to and indemnification by the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to delegate from time to time any of its powers or duties under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to time. Any Person who becomes a Lender or an Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have consented to and confirmed: (y) the fondé de pouvoir as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank, all actions taken by the fondé de pouvoir in such capacity, and (z) the Custodian as the agent and custodian as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank, all actions taken by the Custodian in such capacity.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

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in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or e-mail, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio, 44316-0001, Attention of the Treasurer (Telecopy No. (330) 796-6502);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan & Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Alice Telles (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2938), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, 24th floor, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Robert Kellas (Telecopy No. (212) 270-5100);

(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number or e-mail address) set forth in Schedule 2.01 or its Administrative Questionnaire; and

(iv) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at the address most recently specified by it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

(b) 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 Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower 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.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by any of the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

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(b) No Credit Document (other than any Issuing Bank Agreement or any letter of credit application referred to in Section 2.03(a) or (b)) or any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Majority Lenders; provided , that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender or extend the Commitment Termination Date with respect to any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce or forgive all or part of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fee payable hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or date for the payment of any interest on any Loan or any fee, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (iv) release all or substantially all the Subsidiary Guarantors from their Guarantees under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, or release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any provision of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document to alter the amount or allocation of any payment to be made to the Secured Parties, without the written consent of each adversely affected Lender, (vi) change Section 2.15 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of any payment without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, (viii) at any time amend, modify or otherwise alter in a manner which would increase the amount of the Borrowing Base Availability (A) the advance rates used in determining the Borrowing Base, without the prior written consent of Lenders having aggregate Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time or (B) the eligibility standards used in determining the Borrowing Base, without the prior written consent of Lenders having aggregate Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 66-2/3% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time, or (ix) change any provision of Section 2.17 or of the definition of “Bankruptcy Event”, “Defaulting Lender” or “Lender Parent” without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank; provided , further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Agent or Issuing Bank under any Credit Document, or any provision of any Credit Document providing for payments by or to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (or, in the case of any Issuing Bank, any provision of Section 2.03 affecting such Issuing Bank or any provision relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit), in each case without the prior written consent of such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be; provided further , that so long as the rights or interests of any Lender shall not be adversely affected in any material respect, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document may be amended without the consent of the Majority Lenders (A) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or (B) to provide

 

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for the addition of any assets or classes of assets to the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby or if their consent would be required under the preceding provisions of this paragraph, the Issuing Banks) and the Lenders that will remain parties hereto after giving effect to such amendment if (1) by the terms of such agreement the Commitments of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall be reduced to zero upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (2) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (b) of this Section to the contrary, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended at any time and from time to time to increase the aggregate Commitments by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Person (including any Lender) that shall agree to provide any such additional Commitment (but without the consent of any other Lender), and each such Person that shall not already be a Lender shall, at the time such agreement becomes effective, become a Lender with the same effect as if it had originally been a Lender under this Agreement with the Commitment set forth in such agreement; provided , however , that: (i) the aggregate amount of such additional Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed $250,000,000; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time such amendment becomes effective; (iii) in the case of any additional Commitment that is to be provided by a Person that is not a Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of such amendment, each Principal Issuing Bank shall have consented to such Person becoming a Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks) of Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Borrower (or other counsel for the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent but in substance to the effect that the incurrence of each Loan, Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement under such additional Commitments, and each Lien securing them, will be permitted under each indenture or other agreement governing any Material Indebtedness in effect at the time of the effectiveness of such amendment, and such Loans, Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements will constitute Designated Senior Obligations under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and First Lien Obligations under the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement. Each Loan, Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement under such additional Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Loans, Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guarantees and security interests and Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents. The Borrower shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that all requirements under the Credit Documents in respect of the provision and maintenance of Collateral continue to be satisfied after the establishment of any such additional

 

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Commitments. In the event that the Borrower elects to establish any additional Commitments pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower will afford the then existing Lenders an opportunity to provide such additional Commitments.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Agents and the Arrangers, and other local and foreign counsel for the Agents and Arrangers, limited to one per jurisdiction, in connection with the Security Documents and the creation and perfection of the Liens created thereby and other local and foreign law matters) in connection with the arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. The Borrower also shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the creation and perfection of the security interests contemplated by this Agreement, including all filing, recording and similar fees and, as more specifically set forth above, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (including foreign counsel in connection with Foreign Pledge Agreements).

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, each Arranger, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee and arising out of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the syndication and arrangement of the credit facilities provided for herein, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations or the exercise by the parties hereto of their rights hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any

 

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Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (iv) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses shall have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or the breach by such Indemnitee of obligations set forth herein or in any other Credit Document.

(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to any Agent, any Arranger or any Issuing Bank under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent, Arranger or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on the outstanding Loans and LC Exposures and unused Commitments of such Lender and the other Lenders (or, if the Commitments shall have been reduced to zero and there shall be no outstanding Loans or LC Exposures, based on the Loans and LC Exposures and unused Commitments most recently in effect)) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Arranger or Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Indemnitees and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not 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 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. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitees, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

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

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clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender or a Federal Reserve Bank; and

(C) each Principal Issuing Bank; provided that no consent of any Principal Issuing Bank shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Federal Reserve Bank.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, the amount of the Commitment 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 $1,000,000 or, if smaller, the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s applicable Commitment unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent, provided (i) that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) in the event of concurrent assignments to two or more assignees that are Affiliates of one another, or to two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by affiliated investment advisors, all such concurrent assignments shall be aggregated in determining compliance with this subsection;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) 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; provided that in the event of concurrent assignments to two or more assignees that are Affiliates of one another, or to two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by affiliated investment advisors, only one such fee shall be payable; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

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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 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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. Each assignment hereunder shall be deemed to be an assignment of the related rights under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other applicable Security Document.

(iv) The Administrative Agent 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 Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks 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 Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Issuing Bank or 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.

(vi) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) except as set forth in clause (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any of the foregoing, or the financial condition of the Credit Parties or the performance or observance by the Credit Parties of

 

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any of their obligations under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (iii) each of the assignee and the assignor represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of any amendments or consents entered into prior to the date of such Assignment and Assumption and copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Agents, such assigning Lender 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to them by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vii) such assignee agrees that it will not book any Loan or hold any participation in any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement at an Austrian branch or through an Austrian Affiliate and will comply with Section 9.18 of this Agreement; and (viii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans); 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 and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks 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. Each Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 9.04(c) shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it records the name and address of each participant to which it has sold a participation and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each such participant’s interest in the Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Loans or other rights and obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or other right or 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 under this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this

 

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Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that affects such Participant and that, under Section 9.02, would require the consent of each affected Lender. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 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, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(d) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12 or 2.14 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, which consent shall specifically refer to this exception. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Sections 2.14(f) and (g) as though it were a Lender (it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.14(f) and (g) shall be delivered to the applicable Lender).

(d) Any Lender may 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.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Total Commitment has not been reduced to zero. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the reduction of the Total Commitment to zero, the expiration or

 

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termination of the Letters of Credit or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Issuing Banks. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Issuing Bank Agreements and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement), and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or electronically shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. Each financial institution that shall be party to an Issuing Bank Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be a party to and an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, and shall have all the rights and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder and under its Issuing Bank Agreement. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into Issuing Bank Agreements.

SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. No failure to obtain any approval required for the effectiveness of any provision of this Agreement shall affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have become due and payable pursuant to Article VII, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Affiliate of any of the foregoing is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each of the Lenders and the

 

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Issuing Banks under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Person may have.

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Except as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect any right of the Collateral Agent to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Collateral in the courts of any jurisdiction where such Collateral is located or deemed located.

(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE

 

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BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors who have been informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory or self-regulatory authority (including the NAIC), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) to the extent necessary or advisable in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any other party to this Agreement that is not known by the recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower or Persons acting on its behalf relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender prior to disclosure by the Borrower on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any other party to this Agreement that is not known by the recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information.

SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not

 

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above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Alternate Base Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.14. Security Documents . Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and each other Security Document and to carry out the provisions thereof. Each Lender, by executing and delivering this Agreement, acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and approves and agrees to be bound by and to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document insofar as they relate to or require performance by the Lenders, specifically including (i) the provisions of Article III of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (providing for the continuation of the Liens securing the “US Miscellaneous Obligations”, as defined in the 2003 MGCA, as Liens ranking pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations), (ii) the provisions of Article VII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents and the distribution of the proceeds realized from such exercise), (iii) the provisions of Articles IX and X of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (relating to the duties and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent thereunder and providing for the indemnification and the reimbursement of expenses of the Collateral Agent thereunder by the Lenders), and (iv) the provisions of Section 12.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (providing for releases of Guarantees of and Collateral securing the Obligations). Each party hereto further agrees that the foregoing provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall apply to each other Security Document. In the event that the Borrower shall incur Indebtedness to refinance or replace Indebtedness under the Second Lien Agreement in compliance with Sections 6.01 and 6.06, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement on substantially the same terms as those of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect at the time of such refinancing or replacement) with the holders of such Indebtedness or their representative.

SECTION 9.15. Additional Financial Covenants. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein to the contrary, in the event that any maintenance financial covenant other than the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.09 is included in the Second Lien Agreement or any SSLI Documentation (as defined in Schedule 1.01C), such covenant will be deemed to be added to Article VI of this Agreement automatically, without the need for any further action whatsoever.

SECTION 9.16. Effect of Restatement . This Agreement shall supersede the Existing Credit Agreement from and after the Restatement Date with respect to the transactions hereunder and with respect to the loans and letters of credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree, however, that (a) this Agreement and all other Credit Documents executed and delivered herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing

 

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or termination of the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the Restatement Date, (b) such Obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (c) the liens and security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties securing payment of such Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations and (d) all references in the other Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement.

SECTION 9.17. USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 9.18. Austrian Matters.

(a) Notices with respect to Austria. Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will (i) only send notices and other written references to this Agreement or any other Credit Document (the Agreement, the Credit Documents and any notices or other written references to the Agreement or any other Credit Document, each, a “ Stamp Duty Sensitive Document” ) to or from Austria by email which do not contain the signature of any party (whether manuscript or electronic, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the name of an individual or other entity) and (ii) not send fax or scanned copies of a signed Stamp Duty Sensitive Document to or from Austria.

(b) Agreement to be Kept Outside Austria. No party to this Agreement shall bring or send to or otherwise produce in Austria (x) an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document, or (y) a copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document signed or endorsed by one or more parties other than in the event that:

(1) this does not cause a liability of a party to this Agreement to pay stamp duty in Austria;

(2) a party to this Agreement wishes to enforce any of its rights under or in connection with such Stamp Duty Sensitive Document in Austria and is only able to do so by bringing, sending to or otherwise producing in Austria (x) an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy of the relevant Stamp Duty Sensitive Document or (y) a copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document signed or endorsed by one or more parties and it would not be sufficient for that party to bring, send to or otherwise produce in Austria a simple copy (i.e. a copy which is not an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy) of the relevant Stamp Duty Sensitive Document for the purposes of such enforcement. In connection

 

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with the foregoing, each party to this Agreement agrees that in any form of proceedings in Austria simple copies may be submitted by either party to this Agreement and undertakes to refrain from (I) objecting to the introduction into evidence of a simple copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document or raising a defense to any action or to the exercise of any remedy for the reason of an original or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document not having been introduced into evidence, unless such simple copy actually introduced into evidence does not accurately reflect the content of the original document and (II) contesting the authenticity ( Echtheit ) of a simple copy of any such Stamp Duty Sensitive Document before an Austrian court or authority, unless such simple copy does not accurately reflect the content of the original document; or

(3) a party to this Agreement is required by law, governmental body, court, authority or agency pursuant to any law or legal requirement (whether for the purposes of initiating, prosecuting, enforcing or executing any claim or remedy or enforcing any judgment or otherwise), to bring an original, notarised copy or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document into Austria.

(c) Austrian Stamp Duty. Notwithstanding any other provisions in any of the Credit Documents, if any liability to pay Austrian stamp duties is triggered:

(1) as a result of a party to this Agreement (i) breaching its obligations under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of this Section, or (ii) booking its Loans or making or accepting performance of any rights or obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents through an entity organized under the laws of the Republic of Austria or a branch or an Affiliate, located or organized in the Republic of Austria, of an entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Republic of Austria, that party shall pay such stamp duties; and

(2) in circumstances other than those described in clause (1) of this paragraph (c), the Borrower shall be liable for the payment of all such stamp duties.

(d) Place of Performance Outside Austria. Each of the parties hereto agrees that the exclusive place of performance ( Erfüllungsort ) for all rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be outside the Republic of Austria, and the payment of amounts under this Agreement must be made to a bank account outside the Republic of Austria. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender agrees to designate and maintain one or more accounts at one or more lending offices located outside the Republic of Austria to which all amounts payable to such party under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be made.

 

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SECTION 9.19. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

SECTION 9.20. Non-Public Information. Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including, to the extent such laws are applicable, Federal, state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including, to the extent such laws are applicable, Federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by   /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

individually and as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

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


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
by   /s/ Erin Morrissey
  Name: Erin Morrissey
  Title: Director

 

by   /s/ Carin Keegan
  Name: Carin Keegan
  Title: Director


BNP PARIBAS
by   /s/ Daniel Williams
  Name: Daniel Williams
  Title: Director

 

by   /s/ Guelay Mese
  Name: Guelay Mese
  Title: Vice President


CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Lender,

by   /s/ Matthew Paquin
  Name: Matthew Paquin
  Title: Vice President and Director


CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
by   /s/ Corey Billups
  Name: Corey Billups
  Title: Managing Director

 

by   /s/ Matthias Guillet
  Name: Matthias Guillet
  Title: Director


GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
by   /s/ Mark Walton
  Name: Mark Walton
  Title:Authorized Signatory


WELLS FARGO BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

by   /s/ Brant Murdock
  Name: Brant Murdock
  Title: Authorized Signatory


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
by   /s/ Charles Fairchild
  Name: Charles Fairchild
  Title: Vice President


Barclays Bank PLC
by   /s/ Michael Mozer
  Name: Michael Mozer
  Title: Vice President


HSBC BANK USA, N.A.
by   /s/ Christopher S. Helmeci
  Name: Christopher S. Helmeci
  Title: Sr. Relationship Manager


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
by   /s/ Lisa Hanson
  Name: Lisa Hanson
  Title: Authorized Signatory


UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC

by

 

/s/ Mary E. Evans

 

Name: Mary E. Evans

 

Title: Associate Director

 

by   /s/ Joselin Fernandes
  Name: Joselin Fernandes
  Title: Associate Director


UNION BANK, N.A.
by   /s/ Greg Stewart
  Name: Greg Stewart
  Title: Vice President


FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO

BANKING CORPORATION

by   /s/ Michael E. May
  Name: Michael E. May
  Title: Vice President


CITY NATIONAL BANK
by   /s/ Robert Yasuda
  Name: Robert Yasuda
  Title: Vice President


PNC BANK, N.A.
by   /s/ Joanne Fu
  Name: Joanne Fu
  Title: Banking Officer


RBS CITIZENS BUSINESS CAPITAL,

A DIVISION OF RBS CITIZENS, N.A.

by   /s/ James G. Zamborsky
  Name: James G. Zamborsky
  Title: Vice President


REGIONS BANK
by   /s/ Kevin R. Rogers
  Name: Kevin R. Rogers
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS A LENDER

by   /s/ Carol Anderson
  Name: Carol Anderson
  Title: Vice President


SIEMENS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
by   /s/ Christine M. Padula
  Name: Christine M. Padula
  Title: Vice President & Controller

 

by   /s/ Guy Cirincione
  Name: Guy Cirincione
  Title: SVP General Manager Siemens Financial Services


NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH
by   /s/ William C. Maier
  Name: William C. Maier
  Title: Senior Managing Director

 

by   /s/ Ronald Lee
  Name: Ronald Lee
  Title: Vice President


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
by   /s/ Edward Lynch
  Name: Edward Lynch
  Title: Attorney In Fact

 

by   /s/ Robert Kizell
  Name: Robert Kizell
  Title: Attorney In Fact


CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE CORP.
by   /s/ Michael Burns
  Name: Michael Burns
  Title: Senior Vice President


COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
by   /s/ Patrick Hartweger
  Name: Patrick Hartweger
  Title: Managing Director

 

by  

/s/ Michael Ravelo

 

Name: Michael Ravelo

 

Title: Vice President


THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
by   /s/ Timothy Glass
  Name: Timothy Glass
  Title: Vice President


GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
by   /s/ Daniel Wallitt
  Name: Daniel Wallitt
  Title: Duly Authorized Signatory


Schedule 1.01A to

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Consent Subsidiaries

 

   

Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd.

 

   

Goodyear-SRI Global Purchasing Company

 

   

Goodyear-SRI Global Technologies LLC

 

   

Goodyear Australia Pty Limited

 

   

Goodyear South Asia Tyres Private Ltd.

 

   

Goodyear Maroc S.A.

 

   

Maxximarketing LLC

 

   

Nippon Giant Tire Kabushiki Kaisha


Schedule 1.01B to

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Mortgaged Properties

 

1. Amended and Restated First Priority Mortgage (With Power of Sale), Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated First Lien Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012, by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. regarding premises in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

 

2. Amended and Restated First Priority Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated First Priority Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. regarding premises in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

 

3. Amended and Restated First Priority Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated First Priority Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. regarding premises in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

 

4. Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to James DeBoer, as Trustee for the benefit JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Original First Priority Deed of Trust”), as modified by a Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated as of April 19, 2012, pursuant to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. appointed Joshua E. Slan the substitute trustee under the Original First Priority Deed of Trust in place of the original trustee named therein, and as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Joshua E. Slan, as trustee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. regarding premises in Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

 

5.

Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Kelly-Springfield Tire Corporation to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as assumed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber


  Company and amended by the Assumption and Amendment No. 1 of Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of December 17, 2008 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and as further amended by the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of April 19, 2012 by and among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and First American Title Insurance Company regarding premises in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

 

6. Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated First Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., regarding premises in Caswell County, North Carolina.


Schedule 1.01C to

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness

 

   

All Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness and the related Liens shall satisfy the requirements set forth in the definition of Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness.

 

   

The documentation establishing or evidencing any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness (“ SSLI Documentation ”) shall contain no maintenance financial covenants that are not contained in this Agreement, and the financial levels or ratios requited to be maintained by any such covenants shall be no more restrictive than those required to be maintained by corresponding covenants of this Agreement (it being understood that additional maintenance financial covenants may be included in any SSLI Documentation and, if they are, they shall automatically be included in this Agreement).

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall permit (specifically, and not through a basket that could be exhausted by other financings) the refinancing of all Indebtedness under this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement (or any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereto) with new Indebtedness having a maturity no sooner than, a weighted average life no shorter than, and an aggregate principal amount or accreted value no greater than the fully drawn amount (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs of refinancing) of the refinanced indebtedness or commitments thereunder and secured on the same basis as the Indebtedness refinanced.

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall not restrict (except for restrictions that a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have represented in a certificate to the Administrative Agent (which shall be deemed to be a Credit Document) will not materially interfere with the Borrower’s ability to effect) the securing of Indebtedness under this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement or any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or the cash collateralization of any letter of credit exposure thereunder (but may require that if Indebtedness under this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement or related refinancing Indebtedness is secured by assets not securing the Indebtedness under this Agreement, the Second Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement on the Restatement Date, a junior lien on such assets, subordinated under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, (or in the case of any lien granted by any Grantor to secure indebtedness under the European Facility Agreement, a ratable or junior lien on such assets) must be granted to secure the Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness).

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall not restrict (except for restrictions that a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have represented in a certificate to the Administrative Agent (which shall be deemed to be a Credit Document) will not materially interfere with the Borrower’s ability to effect) the use of proceeds from


 

any sale, transfer or other disposition of assets owned directly by (a) the Borrower or any Grantor to repay or prepay Indebtedness under this Agreement or the Second Lien Agreement or refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or to cash collateralize any letter of credit exposure thereunder, or (b) the European JV or any of its subsidiaries to repay or prepay Indebtedness under the European Facilities Agreement or refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or to cash collateralize any letter of credit exposure thereunder.


Schedule 2.01 to

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Commitments

 

Lender

   Total Commitment  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

   $ 140,000,000.00   

BNP Paribas

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Citibank, N.A.

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

   $ 140,000,000.00   

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 90,000,000.00   

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 90,000,000.00   

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

   $ 90,000,000.00   

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

   $ 90,000,000.00   

UBS Loan Finance LLC

   $ 82,500,000.00   

Union Bank, N.A.

   $ 82,500,000.00   

Fifth Third Bank

   $ 50,000,000.00   

City National Bank

   $ 50,000,000.00   

PNC Bank, National Association

   $ 50,000,000.00   

RBS Citizens Business Capital

   $ 50,000,000.00   

Regions Bank

   $ 50,000,000.00   

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 50,000,000.00   

Siemens Financial Services, Inc.

   $ 45,000,000.00   

Natixis, New York Brank

   $ 40,000,000.00   

Royal Bank of Canada

   $ 35,000,000.00   

Capital One Leverage Finance Corp.

   $ 25,000,000.00   

Commerzbank AG, New York and Grand Cayman Branches

   $ 25,000,000.00   

The Huntington National Bank

   $ 15,000,000.00   

General Electric Capital Corporation

   $ 10,000,000.00   

TOTAL

   $ 2,000,000,000.00   


Schedule 3.10(b) to

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Mortgaged Properties

Etowah County, Alabama

Shawnee County, Kansas

Caswell County, North Carolina

Cumberland County, North Carolina

Comanche County, Oklahoma

Pittsylvania County, Virginia


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

c/o Loan & Agency Services Group

1111 Fannin St., 10th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Alice Telles

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, the Senior Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing requested hereby:

 

  (A)

Aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing 1 :                     

 

  (B) Date of Borrowing (which is a Business Day):                    

 

  (C)

Interest rate basis 2 :                     

 

  (D)

Interest Period 3 :                     

 

 

1  

Not less than $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 ( provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Total Commitment, or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement).

2  

Eurodollar Borrowing or ABR Borrowing.

3  

If the Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing. Must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Commitment Termination Date.


  (E) Location and number of Borrower’s account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                    

The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in [paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.02(a)] 4 [Section 4.02(b)] 5 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.

 

Very truly yours,

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

by    
 

Name:

Title:

 

 

4  

For any Borrowing (other than a conversion or continuation of an outstanding Borrowing and other than a Borrowing to reimburse an LC Disbursement made pursuant to Section 2.03(e)).

5  

For any Borrowing to reimburse an LC Disbursement made pursuant to Section 2.03(e).

 

2


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

  as Administrative Agent

  for the Lenders referred to below

Loan & Agency Services Group

1111 Fannin, 10th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Alice Telles

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, the Senior Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes an Interest Election Request and the Borrower hereby requests the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing to be converted or continued as requested hereby:

 

  (A)

Borrowing to which this request applies 1 :             

 

  (B)

Principal amount of Borrowing to be converted/continued 2 :             

 

  (C) Effective date of election (which is a Business Day):             

 

  (D)

Interest rate basis of resulting Borrowing(s) 3 :             

 

 

1  

Specify existing Type and last day of current Interest Period.

2  

If different options are being elected with respect to different portions of the Borrowing, indicate the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing. Each resulting Borrowing must be not less than $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000, except that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Total Commitment, or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement.


  (E)

Interest Period of resulting Borrowing(s) 1 :             

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

by  
 

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

 

3  

Eurodollar Borrowing or ABR Borrowing.

4  

If the Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing. Must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Commitment Termination Date.

 

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EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF]

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$[            ]  

New York, New York

[    ], 20    

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [                    ] (the “ Lender ”) or its registered assigns, at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “ Administrative Agent ”) at 383 Madison Avenue, 24th floor, New York, New York 10179, on the Commitment Termination Date (as defined in the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, the Senior Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of [                    ] ($[            ]) or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) made to the Company by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum and payable on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The Company promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at the rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The nonexercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

All borrowings evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof that shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided , however , that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such a notation shall not affect the obligations of the Company under this Note.


This Note is given subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for optional prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. This Note is entitled to the benefit of the Credit Agreement and is guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement). This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by  
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

2


Loans and Payments

 

Date   

Amount

and Type of

Loan

  

Maturity

Date

   Principal    Interest   

Unpaid

Principal

Balance of Note

  

Name of Person

Making Notation

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF]

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the effective date set forth below (the “ Effective Date ”) and is entered into by and between the assignor identified below (the “ Assignor ”) and the assignee identified below (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, the Senior Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor (including any Letters of Credit and guarantees included therein) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.


Assignor:

 

Assignee:

 
  and is an [Affiliate]/[Approved Fund] 1 of [Identify Lender]

Borrower(s):

  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Administrative Agent:

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement

Assigned Interest:

 

 

     Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans for
all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned of
Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
 

Commitment/Loans

   $         $           %   

Effective Date:                      , 20      [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR].

The Assignee (in the case an Assignee is not a Lender) agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Credit Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

1  

Select as applicable.

 

2


The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor,
by  
 

 

 

Name:

Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee,
by  
 

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

3


SIGNATURE PAGE TO

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

[Consented to and] 2 Accepted:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and a Principal Issuing Bank 3 ,

 

by    
 

Name:

Title:

Consented to: 4

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

 

by    
 

Name:

Title:

 

 

2  

If the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

3  

Add or replace to reflect the Principal Issuing Banks under the Credit Agreement.

4  

If the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

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ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

Representations and Warranties .

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Agents, the Assignor or any other Lender, and (v) attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Agents, the Assignor 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender and (iii) it will not book any Loan or hold any participation in any Letter of Credit or LC Disbursement at an Austrian branch or through an Austrian Affiliate and will comply with Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement; and (c) appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit


Documents as are delegated to them by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

2. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Assignee, by executing and delivering this Assignment and Assumption, acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and approves and agrees to be bound by and to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document, specifically including (i) the provisions of Article VII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents and the distribution of proceeds realized from such exercise), (ii) the provisions of Articles IX and X of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (relating to the duties and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent thereunder and providing for the indemnification and the reimbursement of expenses of the Collateral Agent thereunder by the Lenders) and (iii) the provisions of Section 12.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (providing for releases of Guarantees of and Collateral securing the Obligations).

3. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

4. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or other electronic image scan transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

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EXHIBIT E

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

For the Period Ended                     

($ in 000’s)

 

A. Available Accounts Receivable (from page 2 of 4)

           _______   

B. Total Inventory (from page 3 of 4)

        _______      

C. Lower of:

        

Effective Advance Rate (from page 4 of 4)

        _______      

Net Orderly Liquidation Value (based on most recent appraisal)

     _______         

Recovery Rate Allowed

     _______         

Net Orderly Liquidation Value x Allowed Rate

        _______         _______   

D. Available Inventory (B*C)

           _______   

E. Borrowing Base (lines A + D)

           _______   

F. Lower of:

        

Borrowing Base (line E)

        _______      

Revolving Credit Commitment

        _______         _______   

G. Aggregate Revolving Credit Loans Outstanding

        _______      

H. Aggregate amount of Letters of Credit Outstanding

        

I Aggregate Outstanding Credit (lines G + H)

           _______   

J Excess Availability / (overadvance) (line F minus line I)

           _______   

 

* The Borrowing Base Certificate is to be accompanied by documentation outlined in Schedule 1 to Exhibit F

Officer’s Certification:

Pursuant to the [Credit Agreement] dated as of [enter date] , the undersigned certifies on behalf of the Borrower that the information provided in this Borrowing Base Certificate is accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

       
Signature & Title     Date

 

Page 1 of 4


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

For the Period Ended             

($ in 000’s)

Calculation of available accounts receivable

 

                    Retail          
     Canada (US$)    Chemical    NAT    COWD    Retail Stores    Wingfoot    Total

Total A/R per aging

                    

Less ineligibles:

                    

Unapplied cash

                    

No title

                    

> 60 days past due

                    

Cross age @ 50%

                    

Bankruptcy

                    

Foreign

                    

Government

                    

Security deposits / progress payment

                    

No first lien

                    

Cash in advance

                    

Notes receivable

                    

Non trade

                    

Rent invoices

                    

Bill and hold

                    

Consignment invoices

                    

Progress billing

                    

Affiliated / Intercompany

                    

Disputes/Chargebacks < 60 days

                    

Contra accounts

                    

Extended terms

                    

Cash on delivery

                    

Concentration cap

                    

Credit reclass

                    

Other (per terms of the Credit Agreement)

                    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total A/R ineligibles

                    

Eligible Accounts Receivables

                    

Less Accounts Receivable Reserves:

                    

Volume rebate reserves

                    

Cash discount reserves

                    

Federal excise taxes reserve

                    

Warranty Reserve

                    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Eligible Accounts Receivables after reserves

                    

Dilution Ratio

                    

Less: Dilution Reserve

                    

Adjusted Eligible Accounts Receivables

                    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Advance rate

                    

Available A/R

                    
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Page 2 of 4


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

For the Period Ended             

($ in 000’s)

Calculation of available Inventory

 

               Retail          
     Chemical    NAT    COWD    Retail Stores    Wingfoot    Total

Total Inventory

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total Finished Goods

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Less Ineligibles:

                 

Not solely owned by Borrower or Grantor

                 

Located outside the US & Canada

                 

Not at / intransit between Permitted Inventory Locations

                 

In transit / in transit on the water

                 

Not saleable/sold in ordinary course (engineering stores,

                 

No first lien

                 

Consigned inventory at customer location

                 

At or intransit to/from third party processor

                 

Obsolete, unmerchantable, off spec w/out a ready market

                 

Return to vendor

                 

Does not meet governmental standards

                 

Casings (held for retreading of truck tires)

                 

Shipped not billed

                 

Other (per terms of the Credit Agreement)

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total ineligibles

                 

Inventory Reserves

                 

Reserve for damaged inventory

                 

Favorable variance reserve

                 

Intracompany/Intercompany profit reserve

                 

Lower of cost or market reserve

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total Inventory Reserves

                 

Additional Inventory Reserves

                 

Slow moving inventory reserve

                 

Private label inventory reserve

                 

Freight, duties, insurance reserve

                 

Shrink reserve

                 

Other reserves (per terms of Credit Agreement)

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total Additional Inventory Reserves

                 

Adjusted Eligible Finished Goods

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Advance rate

                 

Available finished goods

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

General Ledger Reconciliation

                 

Inventory by Location

                 

Profitability Data

                 

Inventory Turns

                 

 

Page 3 of 4


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

For the Period Ended             

($ in 000’s)

Calculation of available Inventory (continued)

 

               Retail          
     Chemical    NAT    COWD    Retail Stores    Wingfoot    Total

Total Raw Materials & Work In Process

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Less Ineligibles:

                 

Not solely owned by Borrower or Grantor

                 

Located outside the US & Canada

                 

Not at / intransit between Permitted Inventory Locations

                 

In transit / in transit on the water

                 

Not saleable/sold in ordinary course (engineering stores,

                 

No first lien

                 

Consigned inventory at customer location

                 

At or intransit to/from third party processor

                 

Obsolete, unmerchantable, off spec w/out a ready market

                 

Return to vendor

                 

Does not meet governmental standards

                 

Casings (held for retreading of truck tires)

                 

Shipped not billed

                 

Reserve for freight, duties, and insurance -held at dock

                 

Other (per terms of the Credit Agreement)

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Total Ineligibles

                 

Eligible Raw Materials

                 

Advance Rate

                 

Available raw materials

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Available finished goods and raw materials

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Less: Rent Reserve (3 MOS.)

                 

Priority Payables Reserve

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Inventory Advance Amount

                 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Effective Advance Rate ( Inventory Advance Amount / Total

                 

Inventory by Location

                 

GL Reconciliation

                 

 

Page 4 of 4


Schedule 1

to Exhibit E

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Collateral Monitoring Reporting Requirements

Documents to be Submitted to the Bank

The BBC (as outlined in Exhibit E) is to be submitted on a monthly basis by the 15 th calendar day subsequent to month end (for Accounts Receivable, Inventory and Other as noted below), with all information and documents under “Accounts Receivable” below due within two days thereafter. The Accounts Receivable information shall be provided for the following divisions: Canada, Chemical, North American Tire, Retail and Wingfoot unless otherwise noted or requested by the Agent. The Inventory information shall be provided for the following divisions unless otherwise noted or requested by the Agent: Chemical, North American Tire, Retail and Wingfoot. All other information shall be provided on a consolidated basis for Goodyear North America and Canada.

 

 

BBC as outlined in Exhibit E

 

 

Accounts Receivable:

1) A monthly rollforward of the A/R aging. The monthly rollforward should separately identify beginning of the month A/R aging balance, gross billings, cash receipts, credit memos and other adjustments issued (recorded directly to the aging), write-offs, other debit and credit adjustments (if significant, please provide explanation), end of month A/R aging balance and should be supported by the following system generated information:

 

   

Summary totals of A/R aging.

 

   

Total amount of invoices/sales.

 

   

Total amount of cash receipts.

Total amount of credits and adjustments (should include credit memos issued, write-offs, returns, discounts and other credit adjustments).

2) Terms, addresses, credit ratings and aging of top 10 customer accounts receivable balances per the most recent aging.

3) Accounts receivable aging, consolidated and for each subsidiary.

4) Reconciliations of A/R aging report to the general ledger and financial statements

5) Supporting documentation (system generated extract report where applicable) for the A/R ineligibles as per the Credit Agreement and Borrowing Base Certificate as follows:

 

Unapplied cash

   Consignment invoices

No title

   Progress billing

> 60 days past due

   Affiliated / Intercompany

Cross age @ 35%

   Disputes/Chargebacks

Bankruptcy

   Contra accounts

Foreign

   Extended terms

Government

   Cash on delivery

Security deposits / progress payment

   Concentration cap

No first lien

   Credit reclass

Cash in advance

   Volume rebate reserves

Notes receivable

   Cash discount reserves

Non trade

   Federal excise taxes reserve

Rent invoices

   Warranty Reserve

Bill and hold

   Dilution Reserve


Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Collateral Monitoring Reporting Requirements

Documents to be Submitted to the Bank

 

 

Inventory:

 

  1) Summary of inventory by component (i.e., raw materials, finished goods), product group and location.

 

  2) Summarized inventory perpetual reports.

 

  3) Gross margin and turnover by product group and location.

 

  4) Supporting documentation (system generated extract report where applicable) for all Inventory ineligibles as per the Credit Agreement and Borrowing Base Certificate as follows:

 

Not solely owned by Borrower or Grantor

   Shipped not billed

Located outside the US & Canada

   Reserve for damaged inventory

Not at / intransit between Permitted Inventory Locations

   Favorable variance reserve

In transit / in transit on the water

   Intracompany/Intercompany profit reserve

Not saleable/sold in ordinary course (engineering stores, supplies, packaging, etc)

   Lower of cost or market reserve

No first lien

   Slow moving inventory reserve

Consigned inventory at customer location

   Private label inventory reserve

At or in transit to/from third party processor

   Freight, duties, insurance reserve

Obsolete, unmerchantable, off spec w/out a ready market

   Shrink reserve

Return to vendor

   Rent Reserve (3 MOS.)

Does not meet governmental standards

   Priority Payables Reserve

Casings (held for retreading of truck tires)

  

 

  5) Reconciliation of perpetual inventory reports to general ledger and financial statements.

 

 

Other:

 

  1) Consolidated accounts payable balance.

 

  2) Top five aged vendor payable balances.

 

  3) Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Facility Liquidity Schedule

 

Submit to: Robert Wilt
     JP Morgan Chase
     383 Madison Ave, 27th Floor
     New York, NY 10179

 

     with a copy to
     IB ABL Portfolio Management Group at ib.cbc@jpmorgan.com

 

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ANNEX I

CERTIFICATE OF FINANCIAL OFFICER

TO THE BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as amended, restated or modified and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, the Senior Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes the certificate of Financial Officer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.09(b) of the Credit Agreement at the time of delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate.

The undersigned, a Financial Officer of the Borrower, hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party that as of the date hereof, to the best of such officer’s knowledge:

 

  (i) the aggregate cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries held in the United States is:             ,

 

  (ii) the aggreagate cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries held other than in the United States is:             ,

 

  (iii) for each of the Credit Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement, the undrawn amount available to be drawn thereunder is:             and             , respectively,

 

  (iv) the aggregate accounts payable position of the Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries is:             , and

 

  (v) Available Cash is:             


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Financial Officer’s Certificate on this day of             , 20    .

 

   

Name:

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF RESTATEMENT DATE

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to (i) the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Syndication Agents and Documentation Agents party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and (ii) the Reaffirmation Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012 (the “ Reaffirmation Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement or Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable.

The undersigned, a Financial Officer and a legal officer, respectively, of the Borrower, hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party, as follows:

1. Names. (a) Set forth below is the exact legal name of (i) each Domestic Subsidiary and each other North American Subsidiary, in each case other than any Subsidiary that (A) is an Excluded Subsidiary, (B) is a Consent Subsidiary, or (C) has consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or, if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) any other Grantor:

(b) Set forth below is the exact legal name of each Domestic Subsidiary and each other North American Subsidiary, in each case that (i) has consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000, as of December 31, 2011, or, if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) is not a Consent Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary:

(c) Schedule 1 hereto sets forth the legal name of each Consent Subsidiary.

(d) Set forth below is each legal name (other than the one provided in Section 1) that each Grantor has had in the five years preceding the Restatement Date, together with the date of the relevant change:

(e) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by each Grantor in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties at any time during the five years preceding the Restatement Date:


Grantor

   Other Names

(f) Set forth below is the organizational identification number, if any, as of the date hereof, issued by the jurisdiction of formation of each Grantor that is a registered organization:

 

Grantor

   Jurisdiction    Organizational
Identification Number

(g) Set forth below is the US Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Grantor as of the date hereof:

 

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Grantor

   Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number

2. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of each Grantor as of the date hereof is located at the address set forth opposite its name below:

 

Grantor

   Mailing Address    County

(b) The assets of each Grantor located in Canada as of the date hereof are located in the provinces and territories set forth opposite its name below, where applicable:

 

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Grantor

   Provinces/Territories

3. Stock Ownership and other Equity Interests. Schedule 3A hereto is a true and correct list of all the Equity Interests in Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests in Luxembourg Finance and Excluded Equity Interests) owned by any Grantor as of the date hereof and required to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the record and beneficial owners of such Equity Interests. Schedule 3B hereto is a true and correct list of all Excluded Equity Interests owned by any Grantor as of the date hereof.

4. Debt Instruments. Schedule 4 hereto is a true and correct list of all Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral as of the date hereof and representing Indebtedness in excess of $3,000,000.

5. US Intellectual Property. Schedule 5(A) hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to all of the Material Intellectual Property of each Grantor (other than Goodyear Canada, Inc.) consisting of US Patents and US Trademarks, including the name of the registered or beneficial owner, the registration or patent number, and the registration date or date granted for each such Patent and Trademark owned by any such Grantor. Schedule 5(B) hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the United States Copyright Office with respect to all of each Grantor’s Material Intellectual Property consisting of Copyrights, including the name of the registered owner, the registration number and the registration date of each Copyright owned by any such Grantor.

6. Canadian Intellectual Property. Schedule 6 hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office with respect to all of the Material Intellectual Property of each Grantor consisting of Canadian Trademarks, including the name of the registered or beneficial owner, the

 

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registration number and the registration date or date granted for each such owned by any such Grantor.

7. Deposit Accounts. Schedule 7 hereto is a true and correct list of all Deposit Accounts that constitute Collateral as of the date hereof and are maintained by each Grantor, including the name of the depositary institution, the type of account and the account number (with each Deposit Account which is not part of the Lockbox System indicated by an “N”).

8. Security Accounts . Schedule 8 hereto is a true and correct list of all securities accounts that constitute Collateral as of the date hereof and are maintained by each Grantor, including the name of the financial institution holding the securities account (including a securities intermediary), the type of account and the account number.

9. Aircraft . Schedule 9 hereto is a true and correct list of all Aircraft owned by any Grantor and information sufficient to permit the Collateral Agent to file notices of its security interests in such Aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration, including the model number, the tail number, the name, the serial number and the location of such Aircraft.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this perfection certificate on this     day of April, 2012.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by    
  Name:
  Title:
by    
  Name:
 

Title:

 

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SCHEDULE 1

Consent Subsidiaries


SCHEDULE 3A

Pledged Equity Interests


SCHEDULE 3B

Excluded Equity Interests


SCHEDULE 4

Debt Instruments


SCHEDULE 5A

Material US Patents and Trademarks


SCHEDULE 5B

Material US Copyrights


SCHEDULE 6

Material Canadian Trademarks


SCHEDULE 7

Deposit Accounts


SCHEDULE 8

Security Accounts


SCHEDULE 9

Aircraft


EXHIBIT G

FORM OF REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (“ Goodyear ”), the other Subsidiaries of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY identified as Grantors and Guarantors under the Security Documents referred to below (collectively with Goodyear, the “ Reaffirming Parties ”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement referred to below.

Goodyear has requested that the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Syndication Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”), be further amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Restatement Date ”) among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “ Restated Credit Agreement ”), and that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Canadian First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement between Goodyear Canada, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent dated as of April 8, 2005 (the “ Canadian GCA ”) be amended as set forth in Section 1 below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them by the Restated Credit Agreement.

Each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or more of the Security Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement, and each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Restated Credit Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

In consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as follows:

SECTION 1. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming Parties confirms that (i) the security interests granted by it under the Security Documents and in existence immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue in full force and effect on the terms of the respective Security Documents and (ii) on the Restatement Date


the Obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement shall constitute “Obligations” under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as amended by paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) below (as so amended, the “ Amended GCA ”) and “ Obligations ” under the Canadian GCA as amended by paragraph (b) below (the “ Amended Canadian GCA ”) and “secured obligations” (however defined) under the other Security Documents (subject to any limitations set forth in the Amended GCA or such other Security Documents). Each party hereto confirms that the intention of the parties is that each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document shall not terminate on the Restatement Date and shall continue in full force and effect as amended or amended and restated by the Restated Credit Agreement, this Agreement or otherwise.

(b) The following defined terms listed in Article I of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and in Article I of the Canadian GCA are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (each as defined therein), dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

(c) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (c) immediately following Section 5.02(b):

“(c) The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the Federal Aviation Administration (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting any security interest granted by any Grantor in any Aircraft and naming


such Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.”

(d) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 5.08(a) thereof to read as follows:

“(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly (and in any event within 30 days) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure and (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number. Each Grantor agrees to furnish the Collateral Agent at least 10 Business Day (or such shorter period as the Collateral Agent may agree) prior written notice of any change in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.”

(e) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language immediately following Section 5.08 thereof:

“SECTION 5.09. Securities Accounts . If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee in an account with a securities intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, cause such securities intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements without further consent of any Grantor, such nominee, or any other Person (each such agreement, a “Securities Account Control Agreement”). The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer or securities intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.”

(f) The references to Section “6.06(e)” of the Credit Agreement in Section 12.13(d) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby replaced with references to Section “6.04(c)”.

(g) Section 7.03 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by deleting at the end of the last paragraph the following sentence: “It is


understood that the Deposits held by the Administrative Agent under Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement do not constitute assets of the Borrower or Collateral, and that nothing herein shall prevent or delay payments required to be made from the Deposit Account to the Issuing Banks as provided in the Credit Agreement.”

(h) Article XII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the last sentence of Section 12.13(e) to read as follows:

“In the case of any License of Intellectual Property to any Person that is not an Affiliate of any Grantor (i) for which it receives consideration at the time of such License at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the subject Intellectual Property and in respect of which the Borrower shall have delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent designating such transfer as an Asset Disposition for purposes of Section 6.04, (ii) that constitutes an Asset Disposition under Section 6.04, or (iii) that does not materially reduce the collateral value to the Secured Parties of the Material Intellectual Property, taken as a whole, and, in each case, is permitted under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Liens on such Intellectual Property granted hereunder shall be subject to the rights of third parties to use such Intellectual Property under such License; provided that no such License shall be used for the purpose of securing or otherwise providing credit support for Indebtedness.”

(i) On and after the Restatement Date, (i) the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the Security Documents, shall mean the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) the terms “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Amended GCA and the Amended Canadian GCA, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Amended Canadian GCA as amended hereby.

SECTION 2. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with this Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and


disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and other counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 5. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 6. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Grantor under any Security Document from any of its obligations and liabilities under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Security Documents. Each of the Restated Credit Agreement and the Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any extent modified hereby or by the Amendment Agreement or in connection herewith and therewith.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

  by    
    Name:
    Title:


GRANTORS AND GUARANTORS

 

CELERON CORPORATION,
  by     
    Name:
    Title:
DAPPER TIRE CO., INC.,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
DIVESTED COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
DIVESTED LITCHFIELD PARK PROPERTIES, INC.,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
  by    
    Name:
    Title:


GOODYEAR EXPORT INC.,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
GOODYEAR FARMS, INC.,
  by     
    Name:
    Title:
GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
GOODYEAR WESTERN HEMISPHERE CORPORATION,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INC.,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE SYSTEMS, LLC,
  by     
    Name:
    Title:


GOODYEAR CANADA INC.,
  by    
    Name:
    Title:
  by    
    Name:
    Title:

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of April 19, 2012

among

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

as Borrower,

The LENDERS Party Hereto,

BNP PARIBAS,

CITIBANK N.A.,

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agents and Documentation Agents,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Collateral Agent

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 


IMPORTANT NOTE:

EACH PARTY HERETO MUST EXECUTE THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OUTSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AND EACH LENDER MUST BOOK ITS LOAN AND RECEIVE ALL PAYMENTS OUTSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA. TRANSPORTING OR SENDING THE ORIGINAL OR ANY CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR ANY NOTICE OR OTHER COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING BY EMAIL OR OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) INTO OR FROM THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF AN AUSTRIAN STAMP DUTY ON THE CREDIT FACILITY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, WHICH MAY BE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE PARTY WHOSE ACTIONS RESULT IN SUCH IMPOSITION. COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCING THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHOULD NOT BE ADDRESSED TO RECIPIENTS IN, OR SENT BY PERSONS LOCATED IN, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AND PAYMENTS SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO BANK ACCOUNTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA. SEE ALSO SECTION 9.19 AND A MEMORANDUM FROM AUSTRIAN COUNSEL FOR THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY WHICH IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.


Table of Contents

 

          Page  

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

  

  

SECTION 1.01.

   Defined Terms      1   

SECTION 1.02.

   Terms Generally      42   

SECTION 1.03.

   Accounting Terms; GAAP      42   

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

  

  

SECTION 2.01.

   Restatement Date Transactions      43   

SECTION 2.02.

   Loans and Borrowings      43   

SECTION 2.03.

   Borrowing Procedure      44   

SECTION 2.04.

   Funding of Loans      44   

SECTION 2.05.

   Interest Elections      45   

SECTION 2.06.

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      46   

SECTION 2.07.

   Prepayment of Loans; Repricing Events      47   

SECTION 2.08.

   Fees      47   

SECTION 2.09.

   Interest      48   

SECTION 2.10.

   Alternate Rate of Interest      48   

SECTION 2.11.

   Increased Costs      49   

SECTION 2.12.

   Break Funding Payments      50   

SECTION 2.13.

   Taxes      50   

SECTION 2.14.

   Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs      52   

SECTION 2.15.

   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      54   

SECTION 2.16.

   Co-Borrower      55   

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

  

  

SECTION 3.01.

   Organization; Powers      57   

SECTION 3.02.

   Authorization; Enforceability      58   

SECTION 3.03.

   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      58   

SECTION 3.04.

   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change      58   

SECTION 3.05.

   Litigation and Environmental Matters      59   

SECTION 3.06.

   Compliance with Laws and Agreements      59   


SECTION 3.07.

   Investment Company Status      59   

SECTION 3.08.

   ERISA and Canadian Pension Plans      59   

SECTION 3.09.

   Disclosure      60   

SECTION 3.10.

   Security Interests      60   

SECTION 3.11.

   Use of Proceeds      62   

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

  

  

SECTION 4.01.

   Restatement Date      62   

ARTICLE V

 

Affirmative Covenants

  

  

SECTION 5.01.

   Financial Statements and Other Information      65   

SECTION 5.02.

   Notices of Defaults      67   

SECTION 5.03.

   Existence; Conduct of Business      67   

SECTION 5.04.

   Maintenance of Properties      67   

SECTION 5.05.

   Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights      67   

SECTION 5.06.

   Compliance with Laws      68   

SECTION 5.07.

   Insurance      68   

SECTION 5.08.

   Guarantees and Collateral      68   

ARTICLE VI

 

Negative Covenants

  

  

SECTION 6.01.

   Limitation on Indebtedness      70   

SECTION 6.02.

   Limitation on Restricted Payments      74   

SECTION 6.03.

   Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries      77   

SECTION 6.04.

   Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock      80   

SECTION 6.05.

   Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates      81   

SECTION 6.06.

   Limitation on Liens      83   

SECTION 6.07.

   Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions      86   

SECTION 6.08.

   Fundamental Changes      87   

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

Events of Default

 

SECTION 7.01.

   Events of Default      87   

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Agents

  

  

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

  

  

SECTION 9.01.

   Notices      93   

SECTION 9.02.

   Waivers; Amendments      94   

SECTION 9.03.

   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      96   

SECTION 9.04.

   Successors and Assigns      97   

SECTION 9.05.

   Survival      101   

SECTION 9.06.

   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      101   

SECTION 9.07.

   Severability      101   

SECTION 9.08.

   Right of Setoff      102   

SECTION 9.09.

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      102   

SECTION 9.10.

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      103   

SECTION 9.11.

   Headings      103   

SECTION 9.12.

   Confidentiality      103   

SECTION 9.13.

   Interest Rate Limitation      104   

SECTION 9.14.

   Security Documents      104   

SECTION 9.15.

   Additional Financial Covenants      105   

SECTION 9.16.

   Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement      105   

SECTION 9.17.

   Effect of Restatement      105   

SECTION 9.18.

   USA Patriot Act Notice      105   

SECTION 9.19.

   Austrian Matters      105   

SECTION 9.20.

   No Fiduciary Relationship      107   

SECTION 9.21.

   Non-Public Information      107   

SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.01A      Consent Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01B      Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01C      Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness
Schedule 2.01      Lenders on the Restatement Date
Schedule 3.10(b)      Mortgaged Properties

 

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EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A — Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit B — Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit C — Form of Promissory Note

Exhibit D — Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit E — Form of Reaffirmation Agreement

Exhibit F — Form of Restatement Date Perfection Certificate

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; the LENDERS party hereto; DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement (such term and each other capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) in order to continue a portion of the Loans thereunder and to refinance a portion of the Loans thereunder in an aggregate principal amount for all such continued and refinanced Loans not to exceed $1,200,000,000. The Lenders are willing to continue such Loans and to make such refinancing Loans to the Borrower, and to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in the form hereof, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth. The proceeds of Borrowings hereunder on the Effective Date (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) were used for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. The proceeds of Borrowings hereunder on the Restatement Date will be used to repay the Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date that will not continue as Loans of the Continuing Lenders.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Additional Assets ” means:

(a) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(b) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

(c) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;


provided , however , that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clauses (b) or (c) above is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business.

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) 1% per annum and (b) the product of (i) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period and (ii) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Administrative Agent ” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Affiliate Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(a).

Agents ” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1 / 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) for a deposit in dollars with a maturity of one month plus 1% per annum. For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO Rate on any day shall be based on the rate per annum appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates (or on any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such screen, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day for deposits in dollars with a maturity of one month. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Approved Fund ” means (a) with respect to any Lender, a CLO managed by such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

Arrangers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank,

 

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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner, for the credit facilities established by this Agreement.

Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of sales, leases, transfers or dispositions that are part of a common plan) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of:

(a) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary);

(b) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

(c) any other assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

other than, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above,

(1) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) for purposes of Section 6.04 only, a disposition subject to Section 6.02;

(3) a disposition of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than $10,000,000;

(4) a sale of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” to a Receivables Entity;

(5) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

(6) any Specified Asset Sale.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Attributable Debt ” means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the 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) and (ii) the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such termination.

Average Life ” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or scheduled redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (b) the sum of all such payments.

Bank Indebtedness ” means all obligations under the U.S. Bank Indebtedness and European Bank Indebtedness.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Borrower or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors of the Borrower.

Borrower ” means Goodyear. In addition, when used in respect of a Co-Borrower Loan or any obligation or payment in respect of a Co-Borrower Loan, references to the “Borrower” shall include both Goodyear and the Co-Borrower in respect of such Co-Borrower Loan.

Borrowing ” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

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Canadian Benefit Plans ” means all material employee benefit plans of any nature or kind whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party having employees in Canada.

Canadian Pension Plans ” means each plan which is a registered pension plan within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Canadian Security Agreements ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Canadian Tax Opinion ” means an opinion of independent tax counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that no withholding of Canadian tax would be required on any payment with respect to any Co-Borrower Loan.

Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Capital Stock representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) directors on the date hereof or nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.11(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of this definition, with respect to all requests, rules, guidelines or directives adopted or issued pursuant to or in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Basel III, the date of this Agreement shall be deemed to be April 10, 2012; provided further that no act, event or circumstance referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of this definition shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the date

 

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of this Agreement as a result of the applicable law, rule, regulation, interpretation, application, request, guideline or directive having been adopted, made or issued under the general authority of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Basel III or any other law or multinational supervisory agreement in effect prior to the date hereof.

CLO ” means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

Co-Borrower ” means Goodyear Canada.

Co-Borrower Loan ” means each Loan (or portion of a Loan) designated as a Co-Borrower Loan of the Co-Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral ” means all the assets and rights that secure any of the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents.

Collateral Agent ” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents, and shall include each of its sub-agents hereunder.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each applicable Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans on the Restatement Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum permitted aggregate amount of the Loans to be made by such Lender. The amount of each applicable Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Commitments, taken together with the amount of Loans that will continue on the Restatement Date to be held by the Continuing Lenders, is $1,200,000,000.

Consent Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01A and (b) any Subsidiary not on Schedule 1.01A or formed or acquired after the Restatement Date, in respect of which (A) the consent of any Person other than the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary is required by applicable law or the terms of any organizational document of such Subsidiary or other agreement of such Subsidiary or any Affiliate of such Subsidiary in order for such Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor or a Subsidiary Guarantor and perform its obligations thereunder, or in order for Capital Stock of such Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security Documents, as the case may be, and (B) the Borrower has endeavored in good faith to obtain such consents and such consents shall not have been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary shall be a Consent Subsidiary at any time that it is a guarantor of, or has provided any collateral to secure, Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower, and any Consent Subsidiary (including a Consent

 

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Subsidiary listed in Schedule 1.01A) that at any time ceases to meet the test set forth in clause (A) shall cease to be a Consent Subsidiary. No Subsidiary shall be a Consent Subsidiary if it is (i) a Guarantor or a Grantor under the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (ii) a US Guarantor under the European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof) under the J.V. Notes Indenture, (iii) a “Subsidiary Guarantor” under the 2010 Indenture or the 2012 Indenture or (iv) a Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees any obligations arising under an indenture or any other document governing Material Indebtedness of the Borrower entered into after the date hereof.

Consolidated Coverage Ratio ” as of any date of determination means the ratio of:

(1) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC to

(2) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;

provided , however , that:

(A) if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,

(B) if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period and as if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest

 

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income actually earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness,

(C) if since the beginning of such period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Borrower and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale),

(D) if since the beginning of such period the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit, division or line of a business, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period, and

(E) if since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (C) or (D) above if made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition of assets occurred on the first day of such period.

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EBITDA or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower and shall comply with the requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X, as it may be amended or replaced from time to time, promulgated by the SEC.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term as at the date of determination in excess of 12 months). If any Indebtedness is Incurred or repaid under a revolving credit facility and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated based on the average daily balance of such Indebtedness for the four fiscal quarters subject to the pro forma calculation.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent Incurred by the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in such period but not included in such interest expense, without duplication:

(1) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease Obligation;

(2) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs;

(3) capitalized interest;

(4) noncash interest expense;

(5) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges attributable to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing;

(6) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and such Indebtedness is in default under its terms or any payment is actually made in respect of such Guarantee;

(7) net payments made pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of interest expense (including amortization of fees);

(8) dividends paid in cash or Disqualified Stock in respect of (A) all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) all Disqualified Stock of the Borrower, in each case held by Persons other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(9) interest Incurred in connection with investments in discontinued operations; and

(10) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Borrower) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust;

and less, to the extent included in such total interest expense, the amortization during such period of capitalized financing costs; provided , however , that for any financing consummated after the Restatement Date, the aggregate amount of amortization relating to any such capitalized financing costs deducted in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to such capitalized financing costs.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period; provided , however , that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

(a) any net income of any Person (other than the Borrower) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that:

(1) subject to the limitations contained in clause (d) below, the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (c) below);

(2) the Borrower’s equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income to the extent such loss has been funded with cash from the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(b) any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;

(c) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower (but, in the case of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, only to the extent cash equal to such net income (or a portion thereof) for such period is not readily procurable by the Borrower from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary (with the amount of cash readily procurable from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary being determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) pursuant to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise), except that:

 

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(1) subject to the limitations contained in clause (d) below, the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and

(2) the net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall not be excluded in determining such Consolidated Net Income;

(d) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;

(e) any extraordinary gain or loss; and

(f) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 6.02 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv).

Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness ” means, at any date, (a) the sum for the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, without duplication, of (i) all Indebtedness (other than obligations in respect of Swap Agreements) that is included on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet and is Secured Indebtedness, (ii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iii) all synthetic lease financings and (iv) all Qualified Receivables Transactions, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Temporary Cash Investments in excess of $400,000,000 held at such time by the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, all determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of computing Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness, the amount of any synthetic lease financing shall equal the amount that would be capitalized in respect of such lease if it were a Capitalized Lease Obligation.

Consolidated Revenue ” means, for any period, the revenues for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, at any date, the total assets, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries the accounts

 

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of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidation ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the consolidation of (1) in the case of the Borrower, the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Borrower and (2) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, the accounts of each Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary with those of such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided , however , that “ Consolidation ” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “ Consolidated ” has a correlative meaning.

Continuing Lender ” means each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date that is listed on Schedule 2.01 as a Continuing Lender.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Documents ” means this Agreement, any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.06(e), the Security Documents, the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and the Disclosure Letter.

Credit Facilities Agreements ” means this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement.

Credit Party ” means Goodyear, the Co-Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Grantor.

Currency Agreement ” means with respect to any Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Designated Noncash Consideration ” means noncash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is designated by the Borrower as Designated Noncash Consideration, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration, which cash and cash equivalents shall be considered Net Available Cash received as of such date and shall be applied pursuant to Section 6.04.

 

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Disclosure Documents ” means reports of the Borrower on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, that shall have been (i) filed with or furnished to the SEC on or prior to April 15, 2012, or (ii) filed with or furnished to the SEC after such date and prior to the Restatement Date and delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

Disclosure Letter ” means the letter to the Lenders and JPMCB from the Borrower, dated the Restatement Date, which identifies itself as the Disclosure Letter.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event:

(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

(b) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that any such conversion or exchange shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as applicable); or

(c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part;

in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), on or prior to 180 days after the Maturity Date; provided , however , that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable in any material respect to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Section 4.06 and Section 4.08 of (i) the 2010 Indenture or (ii) the 2012 Indenture; provided further , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, retirement, death or disability.

The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to this Agreement; provided , however , that if such Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of

 

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such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.

Documentation Agent ” means each of BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as documentation agent hereunder.

dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

EBITDA ” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, without duplication, the following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

(a) income tax expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) Consolidated Interest Expense;

(c) depreciation expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;

(d) amortization expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); and

(e) all other noncash charges of the Borrower and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such noncash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period) less all noncash items of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in each case for such period (other than normal accruals in the ordinary course of business).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and noncash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if (A) a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Borrower by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders or (B) in the case of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, a corresponding amount of cash is readily procurable by the Borrower from such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower) pursuant

 

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to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise, provided that to the extent cash of such Foreign Restricted Subsidiary provided the basis for including the net income of such Foreign Subsidiary in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” such cash shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining readily procurable cash under this clause (B).

Effective Date ” means April 8, 2005.

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the presence, management or release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials or to health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability ” means all liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits, judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs (including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to any Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived or an event described in Section 4043.33 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations); (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan as to which a waiver has not been obtained; (c) the incurrence by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (d) the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) any event or condition, other than the Transactions, that would be materially likely to result in the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the receipt by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice

 

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of an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (h) the receipt by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

Euro ” or “ ” means the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that have adopted a single currency in accordance with applicable law or treaty.

Euro Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than Euros, at any time of determination thereof, the amount of Euros obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into Euros at the spot rate for the purchase of Euros with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

European Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the European Facilities Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

European Facilities Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2011, among the European JV, the other borrowers thereunder, certain lenders, certain issuing banks, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as administrative agent, and JPMCB, as collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the amended and restated Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto and JPMCB, in its capacity as collateral agent under the credit agreements described therein, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended,

 

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supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

European JV ” means Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary with only nominal assets and no operations. No Subsidiary shall be an Excluded Subsidiary if it is (a) a Guarantor or a Grantor under the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b) a US Guarantor under the European Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof) under the J.V. Notes Indenture, (c) a “Subsidiary Guarantor” under the 2010 Indenture or the 2012 Indenture or (d) a Subsidiary of the Borrower that Guarantees any obligations arising under an indenture or any other document governing Material Indebtedness of the Borrower entered into after the date hereof.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) (i) any withholding tax that is imposed by the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.15(b)) at the time such Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.13(a) or (ii) any withholding tax that is imposed by the United States on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender that is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Sections 2.13(f) and (g), and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent, and JPMCB, as administrative agent.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue

 

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pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, as such price is, unless specified otherwise in this Agreement, determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower or by the Board of Directors.

Farm Tires Sale ” means the sale of the farm tires business of the European JV and the subsidiaries of the European JV.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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 (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower, or any senior vice president or higher ranking executive to whom any of the foregoing report.

First Lien Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, certain lenders, certain issuing banks, and JPMCB, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except to the extent any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Grantors, certain other Subsidiaries and JPMCB, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

First Lien Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of, or that may be Incurred pursuant to unused commitments under, or that may be drawn under undrawn letters of credit under, the First Lien Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or

 

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for reorganization relating to the Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Pledge Agreement ” means a pledge agreement securing the Obligations or any of them that is governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than the United States and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent.

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other than Goodyear Canada.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any of its territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Goodyear ” means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation.

Goodyear Argentina ” means Neumáticos Goodyear S.R.L., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Argentina, and its successors and permitted assigns.

Goodyear Canada ” means Goodyear Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Canada, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Grantors ” means the Borrower and each North American Subsidiary that is, or is required pursuant to Section 5.08 to become, a Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and, if applicable, a party to any Canadian Security Agreement.

Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

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(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or

(2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided , however , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term “Guarantor” shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Grantors, certain other Subsidiaries and the Collateral Agent, dated as of April 8, 2005, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) petroleum products and byproducts, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances; and (b) any pollutant or contaminant or any hazardous, toxic, radioactive or otherwise regulated chemical, material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or raw materials hedge agreement.

Incur ” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:

(1) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

 

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(2) the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

(3) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bank guarantee, bankers’ acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (1), (2) and (5)) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter of credit, bank guarantee, Trade Acceptance or similar credit transaction);

(4) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services;

(5) all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person;

(6) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued and unpaid dividends);

(7) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided , however , that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of:

(A) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and

(B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

(8) Hedging Obligations of such Person; and

(9) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (8) of other Persons for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” shall exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided , however , that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter.

The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above; provided , however , that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.

Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12.

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Intercompany Items ” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05 in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last

 

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Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interest Rate Agreement ” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

Investment ” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 6.02:

(1) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

(A) the Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less

(B) the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.

In the event that the Borrower sells Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary such that after giving effect to such sale, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect to such sale shall be deemed to constitute an Investment made on the date of such sale of Capital Stock.

JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors.

J.V. Notes ” means up to €250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes of the European JV issued on April 20, 2011 under the J.V. Notes Indenture.

 

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J.V. Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture dated as of April 20, 2011, among the Borrower, the European JV, certain Subsidiaries, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as registrar, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as principal paying agent and transfer agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg), S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates (or on any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such screen, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, French delegation of claims, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party

 

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thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

Loans ” means the loans made to the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and continued under this Agreement and the loans made pursuant to Section 2.01. “ Loans ” shall include the Co-Borrower Loans.

Lockbox System ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Majority Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans representing more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the total Loans outstanding.

Material Adverse Change ” means a material adverse change in or effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition (including as a result of the effects of any contingent liabilities thereon) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to the rights or interests of the Lenders or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are material to the interests of the Lenders.

Material Foreign Subsidiary ” means, at any time, each Foreign Subsidiary that had Total Assets with an aggregate book value in excess of $50,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered (or deemed delivered) pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b).

Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time, calculated in accordance with the terms of such Swap Agreement.

Material Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property of the Borrower and the Grantors, other than Intellectual Property that in the aggregate is not material to the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Material Subsidiary ” means, at any time, each Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries that do not represent more than 5% for any such individual Subsidiary, or more than 10% in the aggregate for all such Subsidiaries, of either (a) Consolidated Total

 

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Assets or (b) Consolidated Revenue for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended.

Maturity Date ” means April 30, 2019.

MNPI ” means material information concerning the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act to the extent applicable.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Mortgage ” means a mortgage or deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, or other security documents reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations, and shall include each amendment and restatement of any existing Mortgage in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement.

Mortgaged Property ” means, at any time, each parcel of real property listed in Schedule 1.01B and the improvements thereto.

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

NAIC ” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Net Available Cash ” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, in each case only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other noncash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

(1) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;

(2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;

 

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(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition; and

(4) appropriate amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition (but only for so long as such reserve is maintained).

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

Net Intercompany Items ” means, in the case of any Subsidiary, (a) the aggregate amount of the Intercompany Items owed by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary to such Subsidiary minus (b) the aggregate amount of the Intercompany Items owed by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

North American Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their respective states, provinces, territories or possessions or any political subdivision of any thereof.

Obligations ” means (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Credit Parties to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp, documentary, excise, recording, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising from any payment made under any Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document.

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

 

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PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Permitted Business ” means any business engaged in by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Restatement Date and any Related Business.

Permitted Investment ” means an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in:

(1) the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) Temporary Cash Investments;

(4) receivables owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided , however , that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(5) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(6) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(7) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of disputes with customers or suppliers or debts (including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon insolvency of a debtor) created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

(8) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the noncash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 6.04;

(9) a Receivables Entity or any Investment by a Receivables Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Transaction or any related Indebtedness; provided , however , that any Investment in a

 

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Receivables Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

(10) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, and lease, utility, workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(11) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of Hedging Obligations otherwise permitted under Section 6.01;

(12) any Person to the extent such Investment in such Person existed on the Restatement Date and any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds such an Investment, provided that the new Investment is in an amount that does not exceed that amount replaced, refinanced or refunded and is made in the same Person as the Investment replaced, refinanced or refunded;

(13) advances to, and Guarantees for the benefit of, customers, dealers, lessees, lessors or suppliers made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; and

(14) any Person to the extent such Investment, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) and then outstanding on the date such Investment is made, does not exceed the greater of (A) the sum of (i) $500,000,000 and (ii) any amounts under Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv)(x) that were excluded by operation of the proviso in Section 6.02(a)(3)(iv) and which excluded amounts are not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income or intended to be permitted under any of clauses (1) through (13) of this definition and (B) 5.0% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the Borrower have been filed with the SEC.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate.

Preferred Stock ,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or

 

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involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB (or any successor Administrative Agent appointed or chosen pursuant to Article VIII hereof) as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

Priority Secured Indebtedness ” means (i) First Lien Indebtedness, (ii) Secured Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on the Collateral that are not subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations and (iii) Secured Indebtedness to the extent secured by Liens on assets not included in the Collateral, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) limited to the portion of such Indebtedness that is so secured.

Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ” means, as of the last day of any period, the ratio, determined on a pro forma basis as described below, of (a) Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness as of such day to (b) EBITDA for such period. All computations required to be made for purposes of determining the Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at any time shall be made giving pro forma effect to any incurrence, increase or reduction of Indebtedness or Consolidated Net Secured Indebtedness, and any acquisition, Investment, Asset Disposition or Specified Asset Sale, in each case occurring after the last day of the applicable period and prior to such time of determination, and, to the extent applicable, the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of, in each case as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the period in respect of which such computations are being made, but shall not take into account any projected synergies or similar benefits expected to be realized as a result of such event; provided that no such acquisition, Investment, Asset Disposition or Specified Asset Sale shall be reflected on a pro forma basis unless the aggregate consideration in respect thereof has a fair value in excess of $250,000,000. In connection with such computations, if the Incurrence of any Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect and such Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period. Pro forma computations shall be made in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness:

(1) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, plant and equipment, conditional purchase obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement and other obligations Incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction or improvement of such asset, in each case where the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of (A) the cost of the asset being financed and (B) the Fair Market Value of such asset; and

 

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(2) Incurred to finance such acquisition, construction or improvement by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset;

provided , however , that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement.

Purchase Money Note ” means a promissory note of a Receivables Entity evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, which note:

(1) shall be repaid from cash available to the Receivables Entity, other than:

(A) amounts required to be established as reserves;

(B) amounts paid to investors in respect of interest;

(C) principal and other amounts owing to such investors; and

(D) amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables; and

(2) may be subordinated to the payments described in clause (1).

Qualified Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:

(1) a Receivables Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries); or

(2) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Entity);

or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided , however , that the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower); and provided further , however , that no such transaction or series of transactions shall be a Qualified Receivables Transaction if any of the accounts receivable subject thereto is or would absent such transaction or series of transactions otherwise be subject to a Lien securing any U.S. Bank Indebtedness.

 

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The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

Reaffirmation Agreement ” shall mean the Reaffirmation Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E, among the Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Credit Parties shall reaffirm their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Security Documents to which they are a party.

Receivables Entity ” means a (a) Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a Restricted Subsidiary and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity or (b) another Person engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with the Borrower which Person engages in the business of the financing of accounts receivable, and in either of clause (a) or (b):

  (1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which

(A) is Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(B) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

(C) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

  (2) which is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or with which neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; and

(3) to which neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

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Reference Date ” means May 11, 2009.

Refinance ” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness, including, in any such case from time to time, after the discharge of the Indebtedness being Refinanced. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism) any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Restatement Date or Incurred in compliance with this Agreement (including Indebtedness of the Borrower that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness); provided , however , that:

(1) the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

(2) the Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced;

(3) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding (or that would be outstanding if the entire committed amount of any credit facility being Refinanced were fully drawn (other than any such amount that would have been prohibited from being drawn pursuant to Section 6.01) (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs);

(4) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and

(5) if Incurred by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, the Refinancing Indebtedness is not secured by Liens on any assets other than the assets that secured the Indebtedness being refinanced, and any such Liens have no greater priority than the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

provided further , however , that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:

(A) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that Refinances Indebtedness of the Borrower; or

 

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(B) Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

Related Business ” means any business reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, counsel, trustees and other advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Repricing Event ” shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing, (i) any prepayment or repayment of such Borrowing with the proceeds of any Indebtedness, or any conversion of such Borrowing into any new term loans or notes or a replacement tranche of term loans or notes, bearing interest at an effective interest rate that is less than the effective interest rate then applicable to such Borrowing, and (ii) any amendment to this Agreement that, directly or indirectly, reduces the effective interest rate applicable to such Borrowing. For purposes of determining the “effective interest rate” for any Indebtedness, original issue discount and upfront fees, which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of original issue discount, shall be equated to interest margins in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practice based on an assumed four-year life to maturity or, if shorter, the remaining life of such Indebtedness; provided that any arrangement, structuring, syndication or other fees payable in connection with such Indebtedness that are not shared ratably with all lenders or holders of such Indebtedness in their capacities as lenders or holders of such Indebtedness shall be excluded from the determination of the “effective interest rate” for such Indebtedness. For purposes of comparing the “effective interest rate” for any Borrowing to that of any Indebtedness with a fixed rate of interest or other rate of interest not based on the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate plus an applicable margin, the rate of interest for such Borrowing shall be deemed to be the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Borrowing at the relevant date of determination.

Restatement Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

Restatement Date Perfection Certificate ” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

Restricted Payment ” in respect of any Person means:

(1) the declaration or payment of any dividend, any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock or any similar payment (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock in their capacity as such, except (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified

 

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Stock or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, Preferred Stock) and (B) dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted Subsidiary has Capital Stock held by Persons other than the Borrower or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to such other Persons on no more than a pro rata basis);

(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (“ Purchase ”) for value of any Capital Stock of the Borrower held by any Person (other than Capital Stock held by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) or any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Capital Stock held by a Restricted Subsidiary) (other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Borrower that is not Disqualified Stock);

(3) the Purchase for value, prior to scheduled maturity, any scheduled repayment or any scheduled sinking fund payment, of any Subordinated Obligations (other than the Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations acquired in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such Purchase); or

(4) any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property, plant and equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than (i) leases between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any such transaction entered into with respect to any property, plant and equipment or any improvements thereto at the time of, or within 180 days after, the acquisition or completion of construction of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements (or, if later, the commencement of commercial operation of any such property, plant and equipment), as the case may be, to finance the cost of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements, as the case may be.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Second Lien Agreement ” means this Agreement, namely the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, certain lenders and JPMCB, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by a Lien. “ Secured Indebtedness ” of a Subsidiary has a correlative meaning.

Secured Parties ” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender.

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Documents ” means the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the Canadian Security Agreements, the Mortgages and each other instrument or document delivered pursuant to Section 5.08 to secure any of the Obligations.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Collateral Agent ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the collateral agent under the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Governing Documents ” means each Indenture or other agreement or instrument providing for the issuance or setting forth the terms of any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Borrower that (a) is secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.06(b), but that is not secured by Liens on any additional assets, (b) constitutes Designated Junior Obligations under and as defined in the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, and the Liens securing which are subordinated under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement to the Liens securing the Obligations and (c) does not contain provisions inconsistent with the restrictions of Schedule 1.01C.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages and other documents creating Liens on assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors to secure the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations.

Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations ” means, as to any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, (a) the principal of and all premium or make-whole amounts, if any, and interest payable in respect of such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, (b) any amounts payable under Guarantees of such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness by Subsidiaries and (c) all other amounts payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness, the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness Security Documents (to the extent such amounts relate to such Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness) or the applicable Senior Subordinated-Lien Governing Documents.

Specified Asset Sale ” means (i) the Farm Tires Sale or (ii) the sale of all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

 

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Specified Jurisdiction ” means The United States of America and Canada.

Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which, taken as a whole, are customary in an accounts receivable transaction.

Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the Borrower unless such contingency has occurred). The “Stated Maturity” of the Obligations means the Maturity Date.

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means 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 to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

Subordinated Obligation ” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower (whether outstanding on the Restatement Date or thereafter Incurred) (a) that by its terms is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations or (b) that is not Secured Indebtedness or (c) that is secured subject to an agreement subordinating its Liens to those securing the Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, “ Subordinated Obligations ” shall include the Senior Subordinated-Lien Obligations and any unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors. “ Subordinated Obligation ” of a Subsidiary Guarantor has a correlative meaning.

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more

 

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than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary that is, or is required pursuant to Section 5.08 to become, a Guarantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

Swap Agreement ” means any agreement in respect of any Hedging Obligations.

Syndication Agent ” means each of BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent hereunder.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

Temporary Cash Investments ” means any of the following:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof, and having, at such date of acquisition, ratings of A2 or higher from Standard & Poor’s and P2 or higher from Moody’s;

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof and issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof which has a short-term deposit rating of A1 from Standard & Poor’s and P1 from Moody’s and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution described in clause (c) above;

(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by

 

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Standard & Poor’s and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;

(f) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (b) through (e) of foreign obligors, which investments or obligor have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies (and with respect to clause (e), are not required to comply with the Rule 2a-7 criteria);

(g) investments of the type and maturity described in clause (c) in any obligor organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States that (A) is a branch or subsidiary of a Lender or the ultimate parent company of a Lender under any of the Credit Facilities Agreements (but only if such Lender meets the ratings and capital, surplus and undivided profits requirements of such clause (c)) or (B) carries a rating at least equivalent to the rating of the sovereign nation in which it is located; and

(h) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the sovereign nation in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or issued by an agency of such sovereign nation and backed by the full faith and credit of such sovereign nation, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition, so long as the indebtedness of such sovereign nation is rated at least A by Standard & Poor’s or A2 by Moody’s or carries an equivalent rating from a comparable foreign rating agency, and (ii) other investments of the type and maturity described in clause (c) in obligors organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States in any country in which such Foreign Subsidiary is located, provided , however , that the investments permitted under this subclause (ii) shall be made in amounts and jurisdictions consistent with the Borrower’s policies governing short-term investments.

Total Assets ” of any Subsidiary means (a) in the case of any Subsidiary organized in a Specified Jurisdiction, (i) the total assets of such Subsidiary, excluding Intercompany Items, plus (ii) if the Net Intercompany Items of such Subsidiary shall be positive, the amount of such Net Intercompany Items; and (b) in the case of any other Subsidiary, the total assets of such Subsidiary, excluding Intercompany Items.

Trade Acceptance ” means any bankers acceptance provided to trade creditors in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services in order to assure payment of any Trade Payable.

Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

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Grantors, as applicable, of the Reaffirmation Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the borrowing of the Loans, the creation and the continuation of the Liens and Guarantees provided for in the Security Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

2003 MGCA ” means the Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder, the subsidiary grantors thereunder, certain other Subsidiaries, certain financial institutions, and the collateral agent thereunder.

2010 Indenture ” means, collectively, the Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

2012 Indenture ” means, collectively, the Indenture dated as of August 13, 2010, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 28, 2012, among the Borrower, the subsidiary guarantors thereunder and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

2012 Indenture Closing Date ” means February 28, 2012.

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

UCC ” means Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and

(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided , however , that either:

(A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total Consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

 

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(B) if such Subsidiary has total Consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 6.02.

The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Borrower could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 6.01(a) or (2) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater after giving effect to such designation than before such designation and

(y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly furnishing to the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

U.S. Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the U.S. Credit Agreements and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto or with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, as amended from time to time, including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

U.S. Credit Agreements ” means (i) the First Lien Agreement and (ii) the Second Lien Agreement, each as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time (except to the extent that any such amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver, replacement, refinancing, restructuring or other modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed to by the Majority Lenders).

U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended from time to time.

 

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person shall mean a subsidiary of such Person of which securities (except for directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Capital Stock are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, and (e) 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, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Majority Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

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ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Restatement Date Transactions. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Continuing Lender will continue as a Lender under this Agreement holding on the Restatement Date, after giving effect to the transactions provided for herein, a Loan in the amount set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01, and (b) each Lender having a Commitment as set forth in Schedule 2.01 agrees to make a Loan to the Borrower on the Restatement Date in a principal amount equal to its Commitment, which amount will be applied to repay outstanding Loans of the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement other than the Loans that continue under clause (a) above to be held by the Continuing Lenders holding the same immediately prior to the transactions provided for herein, with the result that each Lender will hold on the Restatement Date, after giving effect to the transactions provided for herein, a Loan in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule 2.01. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Loans may not be reborrowed. The Commitments of Lenders shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Restatement Date.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan outstanding on the Restatement Date, after giving effect to the transactions provided for in Section 2.01, shall be part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans held ratably by the Lenders in accordance with the percentages that their respective Loans bear to the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans. The failure of any Lender having a Commitment to make any Loan required to be made by it on the Restatement Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.10, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make, convert or continue any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make, convert or continue such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 20 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

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SECTION 2.03. Borrowing Procedure. To request a Borrowing on the Restatement Date, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Restatement Date. Such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the proposed Restatement Date, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing; and

(iv) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Funding of Loans. (a) Each Lender having a Commitment shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Restatement Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:30 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will apply such amounts to pay Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of such lenders that will not be continued hereunder and held by the Continuing Lenders.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the Restatement Date that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent the funds required to be made available by such Lender under Section 2.01, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such funds available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, repay Loans from Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement in a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its funds available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance

 

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with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. It is agreed that no payment by the Borrower under this paragraph will be subject to any break-funding payment under Section 2.12.

SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type outstanding as of the Restatement Date and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period of six months, commencing on the Restatement Effective Date. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02 and 2.16(c):

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

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(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made or held by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein (including any failure to record the making or repayment of any Loan) shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or prevent the Borrower’s obligations in respect of Loans from being discharged to the extent of amounts actually paid in respect thereof.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be

 

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represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.07. Prepayment of Loans; Repricing Events. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to voluntarily prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to paragraph (c) of this Section.

(b) For purposes of complying with Section 6.04(c)(ii) or for any other reason, the Borrower may at any time make an offer to prepay Loans by notifying the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of (i) the amount of the Loans subject to such prepayment offer and (ii) the date (which shall not be sooner than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered) before which each Lender shall be entitled to elect, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, to receive a prepayment of its Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share of such prepayment amount based on the respective outstanding Loans of the Lenders. Promptly following receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of such prepayment offer. Within three Business Days of the Prepayment Election Date, the Borrower shall prepay such Loans as the Lenders shall have elected to have prepaid in accordance with the foregoing (and no prepayment shall be required in respect of amounts offered to Lenders who did not elect to accept a prepayment).

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment under paragraph (a) or (b) above (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment and (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing under paragraph (a) shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.09.

(d) In the event that, prior to April 19, 2013, any Borrowing is subject to a Repricing Event, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the effective date of such Repricing Event, a fee equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Borrowing subject to such Repricing Event.

SECTION 2.08. Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.09. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 2.75% per annum.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus 3.75% per annum.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or any Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

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giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition (other than (A) Taxes on or with respect to any payment hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (B) Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements or liquidity has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, in each case by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made or held by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company would have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such amount is being contested by the Borrower in good faith.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law

 

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giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.12. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan, or to convert any Loan to a Eurodollar Loan, on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof, unless such amount is being contested by the Borrower in good faith.

SECTION 2.13. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any other Credit Party shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions of such Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made (and the Borrower shall pay or cause such Credit Party to pay such increased amount), (ii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such other Credit Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

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the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(c) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(d) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) any Taxes described in Section 2.13(a) (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender, (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant taxing or other authority. The indemnity under this Section 2.13(d) shall be paid within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (d).

(e) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or any other Credit Party to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time such Foreign Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement and at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as

 

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will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding; provided that such Foreign Lender has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation; and provided further that no such written notice shall be required with respect to any documentation necessary to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (as described in Section 2.13(g)) or the applicable IRS Form W-8 a Foreign Lender is required to deliver to the Borrower to permit payments to be made without withholding of U.S. Federal income tax (or at a reduced rate of U.S. withholding tax). In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered in accordance with this Section 2.13(f) or Section 2.13(g) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) If a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(h) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Co-Borrower is located, or under any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall make reasonable efforts to deliver to Goodyear for the account of the Co-Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Goodyear as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender has received written notice from Goodyear advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction and supplying all applicable documentation.

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9.03, each Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of fees and each refinancing of any Borrowing with a Borrowing of any Type, shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans. Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount.

(b) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.13 or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account specified by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or, in any such case, to such other account as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time specify in a notice delivered to the Borrower, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person in appropriate ratable shares to the appropriate recipient or recipients promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(c) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with

 

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the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans. If any participations are purchased pursuant to the preceding sentence and all or any portion of the payments giving rise thereto are recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law and under this Agreement, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, and to pay interest thereon for each day from and including the date such amount shall have been distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), 2.13(d), 2.14(e), 9.03(c) or any other provision requiring payment by such Lender for the account of the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.15. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.11 or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or

 

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reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.13, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.11, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, or if any Lender shall become the subject of any insolvency or similar proceeding or filing or default in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee or the Borrower, as the case may be, and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.11 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.

SECTION 2.16. Co-Borrower. (a) Goodyear shall have the right to elect, for any reason, including a change in the tax laws of any relevant jurisdiction, to designate a portion of the Loans as Co-Borrower Loans of the Co-Borrower. In addition to the initial designation under this paragraph (a) with respect to the Co-Borrower, Goodyear will have the ability on up to three additional occasions during the term of this Agreement to designate additional Loans as Co-Borrower Loans of the Co-Borrower or to designate Co-Borrower Loans of the Co-Borrower as no longer being Co-Borrower Loans. Each such designation shall be effected by a written notice to the Administrative Agent by Goodyear and the Co-Borrower (1) which shall specify (A) the aggregate amount of the Loans so designated and (B) the Borrowing or Borrowings (or portions thereof) constituting such Co-Borrower Loans, and (2) pursuant to which the Co-Borrower shall become liable for all of the obligations of Goodyear in respect of such specified Co-Borrower Loans and to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in respect of such Co-Borrower Loans, including all obligations to repay principal, to pay interest and to pay all other amounts from time to time due in respect of such Co-Borrower Loans, provided that Goodyear shall remain liable, on a joint and several basis with the Co-Borrower, for all obligations of the Co-Borrower in respect of such Co-Borrower Loans. The aggregate amount of Co-Borrower Loans at any time outstanding shall not exceed $800,000,000. If any designation under this paragraph (a) results in the aggregate amount of Co-Borrower Loans outstanding exceeding $800,000,000 such designation shall be considered to be in error and shall be void to the extent of such excess. Such excess amount shall not constitute a Co-Borrower Loan or be part of or comprise Co-Borrower Loans and the principal amount of the Co-Borrower Loan to which such

 

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designation relates shall be restored to the amount permitted hereunder, and the amount to which the designation relates shall be reduced to the extent necessary such that the aggregate amount of Co-Borrower Loans outstanding shall equal, and as intended not exceed, $800,000,000 (and such excess shall be a Borrowing pursuant to which Goodyear is the sole Borrower hereunder). No designation under this paragraph (a) may be given pursuant to which the Co-Borrower becomes a co-obligor with respect to any Co-Borrower Loans unless Goodyear has delivered a Canadian Tax Opinion to the Administrative Agent at the time of such designation.

(b) Goodyear shall be jointly and severally liable in respect of each Co-Borrower Loan to the same extent as if it were the sole borrower in respect of such Loan. Goodyear’s obligations in respect of the Co-Borrower Loans shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be affected for any reason whatsoever by the Incurrence of any Co-Borrower Loan by the Co-Borrower, including by any defect in the power or authority of the Co-Borrower to Incur a Co-Borrower Loan, by any failure of the Co-Borrower to have obtained any consent or other approval required for it to Incur a Co-Borrower Loan, by any default or breach by the Co-Borrower of or under any agreement or any law or regulation or any provision of any organizational document, or by any failure of a Co-Borrower Loan to be enforceable against the Co-Borrower for any reason whatsoever.

(c) The Co-Borrower Loans of the Co-Borrower shall consist of separate Borrowings identified by Goodyear as Borrowings comprised of such Co-Borrower Loans and such Loans shall not be included in any Borrowing that is not comprised of Co-Borrower Loans. Each Interest Election Request delivered when any Co-Borrower Loans are outstanding shall specify whether the Borrowing or Borrowings referred to therein are comprised of Co-Borrower Loans.

(d) Prepayments of Loans under Section 2.07 may be allocated among the Co-Borrower Loans and the other Loans as Goodyear shall elect pursuant to the applicable notice delivered under Section 2.07(c).

(e) References to the taking of any action by the Borrower in respect of any Co-Borrower Loan shall be deemed to include references to Goodyear or the Co-Borrower taking such action and the Agents are expressly authorized to accept any such action taken by Goodyear or the Co-Borrower as having the same effect as if taken by Goodyear in respect of a Loan that is not a Co-Borrower Loan.

(f) 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 Credit Documents (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of any 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.

 

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(g) Judgment Currency. (i) The obligations of the Co-Borrower hereunder and under the other Credit Documents to make payments in Dollars (the “ Obligation Currency ”), shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the Administrative Agent or a Lender of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to the Administrative Agent or Lender under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents. If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Co-Borrower in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made, at the rate of exchange prevailing, in each case, as of the date immediately preceding the day on which the judgment is given (such Business Day being hereinafter referred to as the “ Judgment Currency Conversion Date ”).

(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the Co-Borrower and Goodyear each jointly and severally covenant and agree to pay, or cause to be paid, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount), as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.

(iii) For purposes of determining the prevailing rate of exchange, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation Currency.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, is qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the Credit Parties is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now

 

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conducted and is qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except for failures that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into by each Credit Party are within such Credit Party’s powers and have been duly authorized. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Credit Document to which any Credit Party is or is to be a party constitutes or, when executed and delivered by such Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Credit Party, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. (a) Except to the extent that no Material Adverse Change would be materially likely to result, the Transactions (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as are required to perfect Liens created under the Security Documents and such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) do not and will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (iii) do not and will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their assets, and (iv) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Credit Documents.

(b) The incurrence, continuation or purchase of each Loan, each Guarantee thereof under the Credit Documents and each Lien securing any of the Obligations, is permitted under each indenture or other agreement governing any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness in effect at the time of such incurrence, and the Loans and Guarantees thereof under the Credit Documents constitute Designated Senior Obligations under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP.

(b) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2011, there has been no event or condition that constitutes or would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, it being agreed that a reduction in any rating relating to the Borrower issued by any rating agency shall not, in and of itself, be an

 

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event or condition that constitutes or would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (but that events or conditions underlying or resulting from any such reduction may constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change).

SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that if adversely determined would be materially likely, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Change or (ii) as of the Restatement Date, that involve the Credit Documents or the Transactions.

(b) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Documents, and except with respect to matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

SECTION 3.06. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.07. Investment Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.08. ERISA and Canadian Pension Plans. (a) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur, would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(b) Except as would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) the Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and all other applicable laws which require registration and no event has occurred which is reasonably likely to cause the loss of such registered status; (ii) all material obligations of each Credit Party (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed in a timely fashion; (iii) to the knowledge of the Credit Parties there have been no improper

 

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withdrawals of the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans; (iv) there are no outstanding material disputes concerning the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans; and (v) each of the Canadian Pension Plans is being funded in accordance with the actuarial valuation reports last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and which are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles.

SECTION 3.09. Disclosure. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information referred to in Section 3.04 or delivered after the date hereof by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 (taken together with all other information so furnished and as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contained or will contain, in each case as of the date thereof, any material misstatement of fact or omitted or will omit to state, in each case as of the date thereof, any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information or other forward looking information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

SECTION 3.10. Security Interests. (a) Each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreements is or, when executed and delivered, will be, effective to create or continue in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, and (i) when the Collateral constituting certificated securities (as defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) was or is delivered to the Collateral Agent (or its sub-agent for perfection) thereunder, together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement created or will create, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, a perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in such certificated securities to the extent perfection is governed by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06 that take priority over security interests in certificated securities perfected by the possession of such securities under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form were or are filed, and any other applicable registrations were or are made, in the offices specified in the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreements created or will create or continue a perfected security interest (or hypothec, as applicable) in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the remaining Collateral to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and making such other applicable filings and registrations in such jurisdictions, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06. The exclusion of the Consent Assets (as defined in the Guarantee

 

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and Collateral Agreement) from the Collateral does not materially reduce the aggregate value of the Collateral.

(b) Each Mortgage creates or, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all the applicable mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties subject thereto and the proceeds thereof, and the Mortgages create or, when the Mortgages have been filed or registered in the counties specified in Schedule 3.10(b), will create perfected Liens on all right, title and interest of the mortgagors in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, prior and superior in right to Liens in favor of any other Person (other than as provided in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and other than Liens or other encumbrances for which exceptions are taken in the policies of title insurance delivered in respect of the Mortgaged Properties on or prior to the Restatement Date and Liens permitted under Section 6.06).

(c) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement currently on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Security Agreements currently on file with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the Material Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by such recordation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, as the case may be, in each case (i) prior and superior in right to any other Person and (ii) subject to no other Lien other than, in the case of (i) and (ii), as provided in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06 (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, as the case may be, may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and trademark applications acquired by the Grantors after the Restatement Date). As of the Restatement Date, the Disclosure Letter sets forth all the Material Intellectual Property.

(d) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement currently on file with the Federal Aviation Administration creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the Grantors in the Aircraft Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by such recordation with the Federal Aviation Administration, in each case, other than as provided in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, prior and superior in right to any other Person, subject to no other Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 6.06.

(e) None of the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate or any other written information relating to the Collateral delivered after the date hereof by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provision of any Credit Document is or will be incorrect when delivered in any respect material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

 

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SECTION 3.11. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for the purposes referred to in the preamble to this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01. Restatement Date. This Agreement shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived or deferred in accordance with Section 9.02 or the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4.01):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender either (i) counterparts of this Agreement signed on behalf of each such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Restatement Date) of (i) Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Borrower, and (ii) the General Counsel, an Associate General Counsel or a Senior Legal Counsel of the Borrower, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and covering such other matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall reasonably request.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party, the authorization by the Credit Parties of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of (x) the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and (y) the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, each duly executed and delivered by each party thereto.

(e) The amendment and restatement of the First Lien Agreement shall have become effective or shall concurrently become effective in substantially the form thereof most recently posted to IntraLinks prior to the date hereof with only such changes thereto as shall not be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect and shall have been

 

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approved by the Administrative Agent. All conditions to the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the First Lien Agreement shall have been satisfied.

(f) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III (including the representation in Section 3.03(a)(iii)) and in the other Credit Documents (insofar as the representations and warranties in such other Credit Documents relate to the transactions provided for herein or to the Collateral securing the Obligations) shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Restatement Date and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Financial Officer to the effect that the representations and warranties set forth in Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Restatement Date.

(g) The Borrower and the other Credit Parties shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents in all material respects on their part to be observed or performed, and at the time of and immediately after the Restatement Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Financial Officer to that effect.

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees, interest and other amounts due and payable on or prior to, or accrued to, the Restatement Date under the Existing Credit Agreement (including any break funding payments payable by the Borrower under Section 2.12(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement to Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement (determined as if all Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement were being prepaid as of the Restatement Date) as a result of the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01 hereof), and all fees and other amounts due and payable in connection with the effectiveness of this Agreement, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a completed Restatement Date Perfection Certificate dated the Restatement Date and signed by a Financial Officer, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and (ii) the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings or registrations made with respect to the Credit Parties in the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph 1 of the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search.

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Excluded Subsidiaries and the Consent Subsidiaries) a counterpart of the Reaffirmation Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a Guarantor and (in the case of each Subsidiary that is a Grantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or a Canadian Grantor under any Canadian Security Agreement) a Grantor.

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Stock) pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

(l) All Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other personal property security filings and recordations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Federal Aviation Administration required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect or continue the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected or continued by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings or registrations under applicable Canadian personal property security legislation or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Federal Aviation Administration) shall have been filed or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or recording.

(m) The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of an amended and restated Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) endorsements issued by the applicable nationally recognized title insurance company to each applicable policy of title insurance insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as amended and restated as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens (other than Liens referred to in such policies of title insurance and acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Liens permitted by Section 6.06), together with such other endorsements as the Collateral Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, and (iii) such legal opinions and other documents as shall reasonably have been requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to any such amended and restated Mortgage or Mortgaged Property.

(n) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence from (i) each “Deposit Account Institution” that is required to be party to a “Lockbox Agreement” (as such terms are defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) and (ii) each securities intermediary that is required by Section 5.09 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be a party to a “Securities Account Control Agreement” (as such term is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) that such agreement has been duly executed by all requisite parties and has become effective.

(o) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.

The Collateral Agent may enter into agreements with the Borrower to grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the delivery of surveys, title insurance, legal opinions or other documents with respect to particular assets where it determines that perfection cannot be accomplished or such documents cannot be delivered without undue effort or expense by the Restatement Date or any later date on which they are required to be accomplished or delivered under this Agreement or

 

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the Security Documents. Any failure of the Borrower to satisfy a requirement of any such agreement by the date specified therein (or any later date to which the Collateral Agent may agree) shall constitute a breach of the provision of this Agreement or the Security Document under which the original requirement was applicable. Without limiting the foregoing, it is anticipated that the actions listed on Annex I to the Disclosure Letter will not have been completed by the Restatement Date, and the Borrower covenants and agrees that each of such actions will be completed by the date specified for such action in such Annex I (or any later date to which the Collateral Agent may agree) and that the Borrower will comply with all of the undertakings set forth in such Annex I.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Restatement Date in writing, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to purchase Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions (except as contemplated by the immediately preceding paragraph) shall have been satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2012 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) as soon as available and in any event within 110 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers or other independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing (without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then

 

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elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, and (ii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the most recent audited financial statements delivered under clause (a) above (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, since December 31, 2011) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;

(e) other than in connection with the delivery of financial statements for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2012, not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, and at such other times as the Borrower may determine, a certificate of a Financial Officer identifying each Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Restatement Date and not previously identified in a certificate delivered pursuant to this paragraph, stating whether each such Domestic Subsidiary is a Consent Subsidiary and describing the factors that shall have led to the identification of any such Domestic Subsidiary as a Consent Subsidiary;

(f) from time to time, all information and documentation required to be delivered under Section 5.04 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

(g) other than in connection with the delivery of financial statements for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2012, not later than one Business Day after each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying that the requirements of Section 5.08 have been satisfied in all material respects; and

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or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, or the perfection of the security interests created by the Security Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on an IntraLinks or similar site to which the Lenders have been granted access or shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov; provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such information to any Lender that requests such delivery. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 may also be delivered by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Defaults. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the occurrence of any Default, together with a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business, except to the extent that failures to keep in effect such rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises would not be materially likely, individually or in the aggregate for all such failures, to result in a Material Adverse Change; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.08.

SECTION 5.04. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all its property in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent any failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (it being understood that the foregoing shall not prohibit any sale of any assets permitted by Section 6.04).

SECTION 5.05. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep books of record and account sufficient to enable the Borrower to prepare the financial statements and other information required to be delivered under Section 5.01. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent (or by any Lender acting through the Administrative Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties (accompanied by a representative of the Borrower) and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

 

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SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, including Environmental Laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.

SECTION 5.07. Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customary among companies of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and operating in the same or similar locations, except to the extent the failure to do so would not be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.

SECTION 5.08. Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any North American Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Restatement Date Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such North American Subsidiary, pursuant to which such North American Subsidiary will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and a Subsidiary Guarantor and, if it elects to become a Grantor or if its Total Assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Grantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary (other than (i) Capital Stock in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Capital Stock in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01(k)), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or its sub-agent for perfection) any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided , that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of

 

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outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction.

(c) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any Material Foreign Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph and Capital Stock in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as shall be available under applicable law to cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided , that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction and (C) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in Goodyear Argentina.

(d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided , that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Intellectual Property to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be.

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such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Limitation on Indebtedness. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided , however , that the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds therefrom the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.0:1.0.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness:

(1) (x) U.S. Bank Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (A) $3,500,000,000, less the aggregate amount of all prepayments of principal applied to permanently reduce any such Indebtedness in satisfaction of the Borrower’s obligations under Section 6.04, and (B) the sum of (i) 60% of the book value of the inventory of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (ii) 80% of the book value of the accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any accounts receivable pledged, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction), in each case, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC; provided that the aggregate amount of First Lien Indebtedness at any time outstanding shall not exceed the sum of (I) $3,000,000,000, (II) the aggregate amount of prepayments of Loans made pursuant to Section 2.07, and (III) the aggregate amount of offers to prepay Loans made pursuant to Section 2.07(b) in connection with the disclosure of a proposed Incurrence of First Lien Indebtedness in excess of $3,000,000,000, and (y) European Bank Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed €525,000,000; provided , however , that the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to this clause (1) shall be reduced by any

 

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amount of Indebtedness Incurred and then outstanding pursuant to the election provision of clause (10)(A)(ii) below;

(2) Indebtedness of the Borrower owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that any subsequent event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof;

(3) Indebtedness (A) outstanding on the Restatement Date (other than the Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) above and clause (12) below), and (B) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in this clause (3) (including Indebtedness that is Refinancing Indebtedness) or the foregoing paragraph (a);

(4) (A) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred in contemplation of, in connection with, as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower); provided , however , that on the date that such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Borrower, (i) the Borrower would have been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (a) after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (4) or (ii) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately after giving effect to such Incurrence and acquisition would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such transaction and (B) Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (4);

(5) Indebtedness (A) in respect of performance bonds, Trade Acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit and surety or appeal bonds entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and (B) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge risks with respect to the Borrower’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s interest rate, currency or raw materials pricing exposure and not entered into for speculative purposes;

 

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(6) Purchase Money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (6) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (A) $600,000,000 and (B) 5.0% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC;

(7) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Entity in a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(8) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of a Financial Officer’s becoming aware of its Incurrence;

(9) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligations by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Agreement (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (4) above);

(10) (A) Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (10)(A) and then outstanding, will not exceed (i) $1,150,000,000 plus (ii) any amount then permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) above that the Borrower instead elects to Incur pursuant to this clause (10)(A); and

(B) Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction in an amount not to exceed €450,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(11) Indebtedness constituting unsecured Indebtedness or Secured Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000,000 and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that any such Secured Indebtedness may be secured solely with assets that do not constitute Collateral;

(12) Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness and the related Guarantees by Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; and

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added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (13) and then outstanding, will not exceed $150,000,000.

(c) For purposes of determining the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01:

(1) Outstanding Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement prior to or on the Restatement Date shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of paragraph (b) above;

(2) Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.01 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this covenant permitting such Indebtedness; and

(3) in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 6.01, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall classify such Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) as of the time of Incurrence and will only be required to include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses ( provided that any Indebtedness originally classified as Incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13) may later be reclassified as having been Incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or any other of Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13) to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be Incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or one of Sections 6.01(b)(2) through (b)(13), as the case may be, if it were Incurred at the time of such reclassification).

(d) For purposes of determining compliance as of any date with any dollar or Euro denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness Incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as the case may be, determined on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that if any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency Agreement with respect to dollars or Euros, as the case may be, covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in dollars or Euros will be as provided in such Currency Agreement. The principal amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being Refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as appropriate, of the Indebtedness Refinanced determined on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, except to the extent that (i) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Agreement, in which case the Refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and (ii) the principal amount of the Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, in which case the

 

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U.S. Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent, as appropriate, of such excess will be determined on the date such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred.

SECTION 6.02. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to make any Restricted Payment if at the time the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary makes any Restricted Payment:

(1) a Default will have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

(2) the Borrower could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 6.01(a); or

(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, whose determination will be conclusive) declared or made subsequent to the Reference Date would exceed the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter immediately following the fiscal quarter during which the Reference Date occurs to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income will be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit);

(ii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to the Reference Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of the Borrower and other than an issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees) and 100% of any cash capital contribution received by the Borrower from its shareholders subsequent to the Reference Date;

(iii) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Borrower’s Consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of the Borrower) subsequent to the Reference Date of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries issued after the Reference Date which is convertible or exchangeable for capital stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower (less the amount of any cash or the Fair Market

 

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Value of other property distributed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and

(iv) an amount equal to the sum of (x) the net reduction in the Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investments and proceeds representing the return of capital (excluding dividends and distributions), in each case realized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (y) to the extent such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s Capital Stock in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary, the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(b) The provisions of Section 6.02(a) shall not prohibit:

(1) any Restricted Payment made out of the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent such sale to such an employee stock ownership plan or trust is financed by loans from or guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Borrower from its shareholders; provided , however , that:

(A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3), and

(B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale applied in the manner set forth in Section 6.02(b)(1) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under Section 6.02(a)(3)(ii);

(2) any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations that are made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale of, other Subordinated Obligations (which (x) satisfy each of clauses (4) and (5) of the definition of Refinancing Indebtedness in

 

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respect of the Subordinated Obligations being prepaid, repaid or Purchased and (y) may include Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(a)) or the Net Cash Proceeds of a sale of Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided , in each case, that the public announcement of the launch of such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value is made within three months of such sale of Subordinated Obligations or Capital Stock; provided , however , that each such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value under this paragraph (2) shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(3) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividends would have complied with this covenant; provided , however , that such dividends shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(4) any Purchase for value of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided , however , that the aggregate amount of such Purchases for value will not exceed $10,000,000 in any calendar year; provided further , howeve r, that any of the $10,000,000 permitted to be applied for Purchases under this Section 6.02(b)(4) in a calendar year (and not so applied) may be carried forward for use in the following two calendar years; provided further , however , that such Purchases for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(5) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, payments of dividends on Disqualified Stock issued after the Reference Date pursuant to Section 6.01; provided , however , that such dividends shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(6) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options and the withholding tax related thereto; provided , however , that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

 

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(7) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, subject to Section 6.04(c)(ii), any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations from Net Available Cash; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(8) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of Subordinated Obligations from Net Available Cash (assuming for purposes of the definition of Net Available Cash as used in this clause (8) that the Specified Asset Sale was an Asset Disposition) from the Specified Asset Sale set forth in clause (i) of the definition thereof within 180 days after the receipt of such proceeds; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(9) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, any prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value of any Indebtedness within 365 days of the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that such prepayment, repayment or Purchase for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(10) payments to holders of Capital Stock (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares; provided , however , that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3);

(11) [intentionally omitted]; or

(12) any Restricted Payment in an amount which, when taken together with all Restricted Payments made after the Reference Date pursuant to this Section 6.02(b)(12), does not exceed $600,000,000; provided , however , that

(A) at the time of each such Restricted Payment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); and

(B) such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 6.02(a)(3).

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Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Borrower;

(2) make any loans or advances to the Borrower; or

(3) transfer any of its property or assets to the Borrower, except:

(A) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to applicable law, rule, regulation or order or an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Restatement Date;

(B) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower) and outstanding on such date;

(C) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in Section 6.03(3)(A) or Section 6.03(3)(B) or this Section 6.03(3)(C) or contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in Section 6.03(3)(A) or Section 6.03(3)(B) or this Section 6.03(3)(C); provided , however , that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such Refinancing agreement or amendment are no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements;

(D) in the case of Section 6.03(3), any encumbrance or restriction:

(i) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the assignment or transfer of any such lease, license or other contract; or

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restricts the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements;

(E) with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary, any restriction imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

(F) any encumbrance or restriction existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Receivables Entity in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided , however , that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Entity;

(G) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in Section 6.03(3);

(H) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements;

(I) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers, suppliers or, in the ordinary course of business, other third parties; and

(J) with respect to any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restriction contained in the terms of any Indebtedness, or any agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued, if:

(i) the encumbrance or restriction applies only in the event of a payment default or a default with respect to a financial covenant contained in such Indebtedness or agreement; or

(ii) at the time such Indebtedness is Incurred, such encumbrance or restriction is not expected to materially affect the Borrower’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Obligations, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, whose determination shall be conclusive.

 

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SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition unless:

(1) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming sole responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition; and

(2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is (i) to the extent the assets subject to such Asset Disposition do not constitute Collateral under this Agreement, in the form of cash or Additional Assets, or (ii) to the extent the assets subject to such Asset Disposition do constitute Collateral under this Agreement, in the form of cash or assets that are included in the Collateral.

(b) For the purposes of this covenant, the following are deemed to be cash:

(1) the assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower) or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor) and the release of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness or obligations in connection with such Asset Disposition;

(2) except to the extent the assets subject to the applicable Asset Disposition constitute Collateral under this Agreement, any Designated Noncash Consideration having an aggregate Fair Market Value that, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause and then outstanding, does not exceed at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) the greater of (1) $200,000,000 and (2) 1.5% of the total Consolidated assets of the Borrower as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower filed with the SEC;

(3) securities, notes or similar obligations received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash; and

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(c) The Borrower may not use any Net Available Cash to prepay, redeem or purchase any Indebtedness that is not Priority Secured Indebtedness unless (i) the Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered under Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or, at any time prior to the first delivery of such financial statements, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011) would have been equal to or less than 3.00 to 1.00, determined at the time of such proposed use on a pro forma basis as described in the definition of Pro Forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, or (ii) the Borrower first offers to use such Net Available Cash to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.07(b).

(d) Upon receipt of written notice from the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to release any security interest under any Security Document in any Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary transferred, for tax planning or other business purposes, consistent with the Borrower’s past practices, to any Foreign Subsidiary whose Capital Stock has been pledged under any of the Security Documents if either (i) the transferor of such Capital Stock is the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary and such release is required in order to obtain the desired amount of consideration from such transfer, or (ii) after giving effect to such transfer, the aggregate fair value of all such Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock transferred in a transaction described in the immediately preceding clause (i)), determined as of the date of each respective transfer, does not exceed, for all such transfers, $250,000,000.

SECTION 6.05. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Borrower (an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) unless such transaction is on terms:

(1) that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate,

(2) that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000,

(A) are set forth in writing, and

(B) have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction; and

(3) that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $75,000,000, have been determined by a nationally

 

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recognized appraisal, accounting or investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The provisions of Section 6.05(a) will not prohibit:

(1) any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 6.02;

(2) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, incentive compensation plans, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors;

(3) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors of the Borrower pursuant to plans approved by the Board of Directors;

(4) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower;

(5) the payment of reasonable fees and compensation to, or the provision of employee benefit arrangements and indemnity for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(6) any transaction between or among any of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;

(7) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower;

(8) any agreement as in effect on the Restatement Date described in the Disclosure Documents, or any renewals, extensions or amendments of any such agreement (so long as such renewals, extensions or amendments are not less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and the transactions evidenced thereby;

(9) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement which are fair to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as could reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party; or

 

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(10) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Liens. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Restatement Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(1); provided that any collateral securing U.S. Bank Indebtedness shall also constitute Collateral;

(b) Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(12); provided that any Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(12) shall be subordinate and junior to the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(e) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(f) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure obligations under letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances or similar credit transactions or are in favor of issuers of surety or performance bonds issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; provided , however , that such letters of credit, bank guarantees, Trade Acceptances and similar credit transactions do not constitute Indebtedness;

(g) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and

 

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telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness for borrowed money and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(h) Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property of such Person (including Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(6)); provided , however , that the Lien may not extend to any other property (other than property related to the property being financed) owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred, and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;

(i) Liens existing on the Restatement Date (which Liens, in the case of Liens on assets of the Borrower and of each other Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any of their territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof, are set forth in Annex II to the Disclosure Letter); provided that (x) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (y) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secured on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount hereof (other than Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b));

(j) Liens on property or shares of stock of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided , however , that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further , however , that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, except pursuant to after-acquired property clauses existing in the applicable agreements at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary which do not extend to property transferred to such Person by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;

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

 

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(l) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;

(m) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement;

(n) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure Indebtedness of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(10);

(o) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred in the foregoing clauses (h), (i), (j) and (k); provided , however , that:

(1) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds, dividends or distributions in respect thereof); and

(2) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of:

(A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness secured by Liens described under clauses (h), (i), (j) or (k) at the time the original Lien became a permitted Lien under this Agreement; and

(B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such Refinancings;

(p) Liens on accounts receivables and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” not constituting Collateral under this Agreement Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(q) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

(r) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases that do not otherwise constitute Indebtedness and that are entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(s) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

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other financial institution, whether arising by operation of law or pursuant to contract;

(u) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of Trade Acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(v) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and related documentation (and proceeds thereof) securing reimbursement obligations in respect of trade letters of credit issued to ensure payment of the purchase price for such items of inventory or other goods;

(w) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral under this Agreement which secure Indebtedness Incurred under Section 6.01(b)(11) or (13);

(x) Liens on assets subject to Sale/Leaseback Transactions; provided that the aggregate outstanding Attributable Debt in respect of such Liens (other than any such Liens imposed against all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio subject to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) shall not at any time exceed $125,000,000; and

(y) other Liens on assets that do not constitute Collateral to secure Indebtedness as long as the amount of outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred pursuant to this clause (y) does not exceed 7.5% of Consolidated assets of the Borrower, as determined based on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC; provided , however , that notwithstanding whether this clause (y) would otherwise be available to secure Indebtedness, Liens securing Indebtedness originally secured pursuant to this clause (y) may secure Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness and such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been secured pursuant to this clause (y).

For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Section or any other provision of this Agreement to “assets not constituting Collateral” (or any similar phrase) means assets that (a) are not subject to any Lien securing the Obligations and (b) are not and (absent a change in facts) will not be required under the terms of this Agreement or the Security Documents to be made subject to any Lien securing the Obligations by reason of the nature of, or the identity of the Subsidiary owning, such assets (and not as a result of the existence of any other Lien or any legal or contractual provision preventing such assets from being made subject to Liens securing the Obligations).

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any property unless:

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(i) Incur Indebtedness with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 6.01;

(ii) create a Lien on such property securing such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.06(x) or, to the extent the assets subject to such Sale/Leaseback do not constitute Collateral under this Agreement, create a Lien on such property pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06;

(iii) the gross proceeds payable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such property; and

(iv) the transfer of such property is permitted by, and, if applicable, the Borrower applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 6.04; or

(b) the Sale/Leaseback Transaction is with respect to all or a portion of the Borrower’s properties in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

SECTION 6.08. Fundamental Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) constituting all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, in the case of the Borrower, liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into any other Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary; except that no Domestic Subsidiary may merge into a Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) any sale of a Restricted Subsidiary made in accordance with Section 6.04 may be effected by a merger of such Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Investment that takes the form of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation (other than any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Borrower) that is expressly permitted by Section 6.02 shall be permitted under this Section 6.08.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

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(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) in the case of fees and interest payable under Sections 2.08 and 2.09, respectively, five Business Days, and (ii) in the case of any other fees, interest or other amounts (other than those referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.01), five Business Days after the earlier of (A) the day on which a Financial Officer first obtains knowledge of such failure and (B) the day on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party in any Credit Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any respect material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;

(e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Credit Document (other than those specified in clauses (a), (b) and (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender); provided that the failure of any Credit Party to perform any covenant, condition or agreement made in any Credit Document (other than this Agreement) shall not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure shall be (i) willful or (ii) material to the rights or interests of the Lenders under the Credit Documents;

(f) the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment of principal in respect of any Material Indebtedness at the scheduled due date thereof and such failure shall continue beyond any applicable grace period or any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than any Qualified Receivables Transaction existing on March 31, 2003) becoming due or being required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or terminated prior to its scheduled maturity (other than, in the case of any Qualified Receivables Transaction, any event or condition not caused by an act or omission of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, if the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a certificate to the effect that after the termination of such

 

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Qualified Receivables Transaction the Borrower and the Subsidiaries that are a party thereto have sufficient liquidity to operate their businesses in the ordinary course); provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or (ii) Material Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary if the Borrower is unable, due to applicable law restricting Investments in such Foreign Subsidiary, to make an Investment in such Foreign Subsidiary to fund the payment of such Material Indebtedness;

(g) a Change in Control shall occur;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization, moratorium, suspension of payment or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 90 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, bankruptcy, moratorium, suspension of payment or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (v) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change;

(l) Liens created under the Security Documents shall not be valid and perfected Liens on a material portion of the Collateral; or

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and enforceable Guarantee of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors where such failure would constitute or be materially likely to result in a Material Adverse Change;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Majority Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

ARTICLE VIII

The Agents

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agents by the terms hereof and of the other Credit Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder.

The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Agents are required to exercise in writing by the Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information communicated to the Agents by or relating to the Borrower or any

 

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Subsidiary. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as the case may be, or in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents.

The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them with reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Agents and any such sub-agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required from the Borrower if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or an Affiliate thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office in New York, New York. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and

 

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obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (a) each Lender acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent and (b) none of the Syndication Agents or Documentation Agents shall, in its capacity as such, have any responsibilities, fiduciary or otherwise, to the Borrower, to any Lender or to any other Person under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents.

Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article VIII, each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) to act as the Person holding the power of attorney (in such capacity, the “ fondé de pouvoir ”) of the Lenders as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the fondé de pouvoir under any hypothec. Moreover, without prejudice to such appointment and authorization to act as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid, each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) (in such capacity, the “ Custodian ”) to act as agent and custodian for and on behalf of the Lenders to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any debenture which may be issued under any hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other applicable law. In this respect, (i) the Custodian shall keep a record indicating the names and addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness secured by any pledge of any such debenture and owing to each Lender and (ii) each Lender will be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any hypothec and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms hereof.

Each of the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian (as applicable) with respect to the charged property under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral

 

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Agent mutatis mutandis , including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability or responsibility to and indemnification by the Lenders, and (c) be entitled to delegate from time to time any of its powers or duties under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to time. Any Person who becomes a Lender shall be deemed to have consented to and confirmed: (y) the fondé de pouvoir as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender, all actions taken by the fondé de pouvoir in such capacity, and (z) the Custodian as the agent and custodian as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender, all actions taken by the Custodian in such capacity.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or e-mail, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio, 44316-0001, Attention of the Treasurer (Telecopy No. (330) 796-6502);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan & Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Alice Telles (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2938), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison Avenue, 24th floor, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Robert Kellas (Telecopy No. (212) 270-5100);

(iii) if to the Collateral Agent, to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, Attention of Carin Keegan (Telecopy No. (212) 797-5690); and

(iv) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number or e-mail address) set forth in Schedule 2.01 or its Administrative Questionnaire.

(b) 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 Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower 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.

 

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(c) Any party hereto may change its address, telecopy number or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by any of the Agents or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) No Credit Document or any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Credit Parties party thereto and the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Majority Lenders; provided , that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment or extend the expiration date of the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce or forgive all or part of the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fee payable hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or date for the payment of any interest on any Loan or any fee, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (iv) release all or substantially all the Subsidiary Guarantors from their Guarantees under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, or release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, without the written consent of each Lender and each Agent, (v) change any provision of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document to alter the amount or allocation of any payment to be made to the Secured Parties, without the written consent of each adversely affected Lender, (vi) change Section 2.14 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of any payment without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, or (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided , further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Agent under any Credit Document, or any provision of any Credit Document providing for payments by or to the Administrative Agent, in each case without the prior written consent of such Agent; provided further ,

 

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that so long as the rights or interests of any Lender shall not be adversely affected in any material respect, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document may be amended without the consent of the Majority Lenders (A) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, or (B) to provide for the addition of any assets or classes of assets to the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that will remain parties hereto after giving effect to such amendment if at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (b) of this Section to the contrary, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended at any time and from time to time to permit the borrowing of additional term loans by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Person (including any Lender) that shall agree to provide any such additional term loans (but without the consent of any other Lender), and each such Person that shall not already be a Lender shall, at the time such agreement becomes effective, become a Lender with the same effect as if it had originally been a Lender under this Agreement with the term loans set forth in such agreement; provided , however , that: (i) the aggregate amount of such additional term loans established pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed $300,000,000; (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time such amendment becomes effective; (iii) such term loans shall not amortize and the final maturity of such term loans shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date, (iv) on the date of Incurrence of such term loans and after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, in accordance with the definition of Consolidated Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.0:1.0 and (v) the Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) of Covington & Burling LLP, counsel for the Borrower (or other counsel for the Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent but in substance to the effect that the incurrence of such term loans, and each Lien securing them, will be permitted under each indenture or other agreement governing any Material Indebtedness in effect at the time of the effectiveness of such amendment, and such term loans will constitute Designated Senior Obligations under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement. Each such term loan established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute a Loan under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guarantees and security interests and Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Security Documents. The Borrower shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that all requirements under the Credit Documents in respect of the provision and maintenance of Collateral continue to be satisfied after the establishment of any such additional term loans. In the event that the Borrower elects to establish any additional term loans pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower will afford the then existing Lenders an opportunity to provide such additional term loans.

 

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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents, the Arrangers and their Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, and other local and foreign counsel for the Agents and Arrangers, limited to one per jurisdiction, in connection with the Security Documents and the creation and perfection of the Liens created thereby and other local and foreign law matters) in connection with the arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agents or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or similar negotiations in respect of such Loans. The Borrower also shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the creation and perfection of the security interests contemplated by this Agreement, including all filing, recording and similar fees and, as more specifically set forth above, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (including foreign counsel in connection with Foreign Pledge Agreements).

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, each Arranger and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee and arising out of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the syndication and arrangement of the credit facilities provided for herein, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations or the exercise by the parties hereto of their rights hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (iv) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses shall have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or the breach by such Indemnitee of obligations set forth herein or in any other Credit Document.

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Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent or Arranger, as the case may be, such Lender’s percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on the outstanding Loans of such Lender and the other Lenders) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent or Arranger in its capacity as such.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the Indemnitees and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not 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 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. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitees, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Arrangers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

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

(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund, a Federal Reserve Bank or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, a Federal Reserve Bank or an Approved Fund.

(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, the amount of the Commitment 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 $1,000,000 or, if smaller, the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent, provided (i) that no such consent of the

 

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Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) in the event of concurrent assignments to two or more assignees that are Affiliates of one another, or to two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by affiliated investment advisors, all such concurrent assignments shall be aggregated in determining compliance with this subsection;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) 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; provided that in the event of concurrent assignments to two or more assignees that are Affiliates of one another, or to two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor or by affiliated investment advisors, only one such fee shall be payable; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the Restatement Date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the 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 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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. Each assignment hereunder shall be deemed to be an assignment of the related rights under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other applicable Security Document.

(iv) The Administrative Agent 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 Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to

 

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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 Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any 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.

(vi) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) except as set forth in clause (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any of the foregoing, or the financial condition of the Credit Parties or the performance or observance by the Credit Parties of any of their obligations under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (iii) each of the assignee and the assignor represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of any amendments or consents entered into prior to the date of such Assignment and Assumption and copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Assumption; (v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Agents, such assigning Lender 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to them by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vii) such assignee agrees that it will not book any Loan at an Austrian branch or through an Austrian Affiliate and will comply with Section 9.19 of this Agreement; and (viii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the

 

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obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans 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 and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent 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. Each Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 9.04(c) shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it records the name and address of each participant to which it has sold a participation and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each such participant’s interest in the Loans or other rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Loans or other rights and obligations under any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or other right or 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 under this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Any agreement or instrument 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 or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that affects such Participant and that, under Section 9.02, would require the consent of each affected Lender. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13 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, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14(d) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.11 or 2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, which consent shall specifically refer to this exception. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.13 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to

 

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such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Sections 2.13(f) and (g) as though it were a Lender (it being understood that the documentation required under Sections 2.13(f) and (g) shall be delivered to the applicable Lender).

(d) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower 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.

SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as any Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective as provided in Section 4.01. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or electronically shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. All the parties hereto on the Restatement Date consent to the non-ratable prepayment of Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Restatement Date to the extent such prepayment would require such consent.

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ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. No failure to obtain any approval required for the effectiveness of any provision of this Agreement shall affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have become due and payable pursuant to Article VII, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each of the Lenders under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Except as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect any right of the Collateral Agent to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Collateral in the courts of any jurisdiction where such Collateral is located or deemed located.

(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors who have been informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory or self-regulatory authority (including the NAIC), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) to the extent necessary or advisable in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any other party to this Agreement that is not known by the recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information. For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower or Persons acting on its behalf relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to any Agent or any Lender

 

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prior to disclosure by the Borrower on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any other party to this Agreement that is not known by the recipient to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information.

SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Alternate Base Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.14. Security Documents . Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and each other Security Document and to carry out the provisions thereof. Each Lender, by executing and delivering this Agreement, acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Reaffirmation Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and approves and agrees to be bound by and to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Reaffirmation Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document insofar as they relate to or require performance by the Lenders, specifically including (i) the provisions of Article VII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents and the distribution of the proceeds realized from such exercise), (ii) the provisions of Articles IX and X of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (relating to the duties and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent thereunder and providing for the indemnification and the reimbursement of expenses of the Collateral Agent thereunder by the Lenders), and (iii) the provisions of Section 12.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (providing for releases of Guarantees of and Collateral securing the Obligations). Each party hereto further agrees that the foregoing provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall apply to each other Security Document. In the event that the Borrower shall incur Indebtedness to refinance or replace Indebtedness under the First Lien Agreement in compliance with Sections 6.01 and 6.06, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement on substantially the same terms as those of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect at the time of such refinancing or replacement) with the holders of such Indebtedness or their representative.

 

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SECTION 9.15. Additional Financial Covenants. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein to the contrary, in the event that any maintenance financial covenant is included in any SSLI Documentation (as defined in Schedule 1.01C), such covenant will be deemed to be added to Article VI of this Agreement automatically, without the need for any further action whatsoever.

SECTION 9.16. Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender (a) hereby consents to the subordination of the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into any reaffirmation of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the First Lien Secured Parties (as defined in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement) to extend credit to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and its subsidiaries, and such First Lien Secured Parties are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions and the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 9.17. Effect of Restatement. This Agreement shall supersede the Existing Credit Agreement from and after the Restatement Date with respect to the transactions hereunder and with respect to the loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree, however, that (a) this Agreement and all other Credit Documents executed and delivered herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as in effect prior to the Restatement Date, (b) such Obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (c) the liens and security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Credit Parties securing payment of such Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations and (d) all references in the other Credit Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement.

SECTION 9.18. USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 9.19. Austrian Matters.

(a) Notices with respect to Austria. Each party to this Agreement agrees that it will (i) only send notices and other written references to this Agreement or any other Credit Document (the Agreement, the Credit Documents and any notices or other

 

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written references to the Agreement or any other Credit Document, each, a “ Stamp Duty Sensitive Document” ) to or from Austria by email which do not contain the signature of any party (whether manuscript or electronic, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the name of an individual or other entity) and (ii) not send fax or scanned copies of a signed Stamp Duty Sensitive Document to or from Austria.

(b) Agreement to be Kept Outside Austria. No party to this Agreement shall bring or send to or otherwise produce in Austria (x) an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document, or (y) a copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document signed or endorsed by one or more parties other than in the event that:

(i) this does not cause a liability of a party to this Agreement to pay stamp duty in Austria;

(ii) a party to this Agreement wishes to enforce any of its rights under or in connection with such Stamp Duty Sensitive Document in Austria and is only able to do so by bringing, sending to or otherwise producing in Austria (x) an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy of the relevant Stamp Duty Sensitive Document or (y) a copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document signed or endorsed by one or more parties and it would not be sufficient for that party to bring, send to or otherwise produce in Austria a simple copy (i.e. a copy which is not an original copy, notarised copy or certified copy) of the relevant Stamp Duty Sensitive Document for the purposes of such enforcement. In connection with the foregoing, each party to this Agreement agrees that in any form of proceedings in Austria simple copies may be submitted by either party to this Agreement and undertakes to refrain from (I) objecting to the introduction into evidence of a simple copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document or raising a defense to any action or to the exercise of any remedy for the reason of an original or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document not having been introduced into evidence, unless such simple copy actually introduced into evidence does not accurately reflect the content of the original document and (II) contesting the authenticity ( Echtheit ) of a simple copy of any such Stamp Duty Sensitive Document before an Austrian court or authority, unless such simple copy does not accurately reflect the content of the original document; or

(iii) a party to this Agreement is required by law, governmental body, court, authority or agency pursuant to any law or legal requirement (whether for the purposes of initiating, prosecuting, enforcing or executing any claim or remedy or enforcing any judgment or otherwise), to bring an original, notarised copy or certified copy of any Stamp Duty Sensitive Document into Austria.

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(i) as a result of a party to this Agreement (1) breaching its obligations under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of this Section, or (2) booking its Loans or making or accepting performance of any rights or obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents through an entity organized under the laws of the Republic of Austria or a branch or an Affiliate, located or organized in the Republic of Austria, of an entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Republic of Austria, that party shall pay such stamp duties; and

(ii) in circumstances other than those described in clause (i) of this paragraph (c), the Borrower shall be liable for the payment of all such stamp duties.

(d) Place of Performance Outside Austria. Each of the parties hereto agrees that the exclusive place of performance ( Erfüllungsort ) for all rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be outside the Republic of Austria, and the payment of amounts under this Agreement must be made to a bank account outside the Republic of Austria. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender agrees to designate and maintain one or more accounts at one or more lending offices located outside the Republic of Austria to which all amounts payable to such party under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be made.

SECTION 9.20. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

SECTION 9.21. Non-Public Information. Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including, to the extent such laws are applicable, Federal, state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including, to the extent such laws are applicable, Federal, state and foreign securities laws.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY,
by   /s/ Scott A. Honnold        
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

individually and as Administrative Agent,

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


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, individually and as Collateral Agent,
by   /s/ Erin Morrissey        
  Name: Erin Morrissey
  Title:   Director

 

by   /s/ Carin Keegan        
  Name: Carin Keegan
  Title:   Director


Centurion CDO VII Limited

 

By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/ Robin C. Stancil         
  Name: Robin C. Stancil
  Title:   Assistant Vice President


Centurion CDO 8 Limited

 

By: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/ Robin C. Stancil         
  Name: Robin C. Stancil
  Title:   Assistant Vice President


 

CRATOS CLO I LTD.

 

By: Cratos CDO Management, LLC

As Attorney-in-Fact

 

By: JMP Credit Advisors LLC

Its Manager

by   /s/ Renee Lefebvre         
  Name: Renee Lefebvre
  Title:   Managing Director


 

Madison Park Funding I, Ltd.
by   /s/ Louis Farano         
  Name: Louis Farano
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


Atrium III
by   /s/ Louis Farano         
  Name: Louis Farano
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


CSAM Funding IV
by   /s/ Louis Farano         
  Name: Louis Farano
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


Flagship CLO IV

 

By: Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. (as successor in interest to Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.)

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/    Eric S. Meyer         
  Name: Eric S. Meyer
  Title:   Managing Director
 
by   /s/ Mark Rigazio        
  Name: Mark Rigazio
  Title:   Director


Flagship CLO V

 

By: Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. (as successor in interest to Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.)

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/    Eric S. Meyer         
  Name: Eric S. Meyer
  Title:   Managing Director
 
by   /s/ Mark Rigazio        
  Name: Mark Rigazio
  Title:   Director


BACCHUS (U.S.) 2006-1 LTD.

 

HALCYON LOAN INVESTORS CLO I,
LTD.

 

HALCYON STRUCTURED ASSET
MANAGEMENT CLO I LTD.

 

HALCYON STRUCTURED ASSET
MANAGEMENT LONG SECURED/
SHORT UNSECURED CLO 2006-1 LTD.

 

HALCYON STRUCTURED ASSET
MANAGEMENT LONG SECURED/
SHORT UNSECURED 2007-1 LTD.

 

HALCYON STRUCTURED ASSET
MANAGEMENT LONG SECURED/
SHORT UNSECURED 2007-2 LTD.

by   /s/    David Martino        
  Name: David Martino
  Title:   Controller


 

ALZETTE EUROPEAN CLO S.A.

By: INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc.

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/ Thomas Ewald         
  Name: Thomas Ewald
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


MOSELLE CLO S.A.

By: INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc.

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/ Thomas Ewald         
  Name: Thomas Ewald
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


SARATOGA CLO I, LIMITED

By: INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc.

As Collateral Manager

by   /s/ Thomas Ewald         
  Name: Thomas Ewald
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


NAVIGATOR CDO 2006, LTD., as a Lender

 

By: GE Capital Debt Advisors LLC, as Collateral Manager

by   /s/ John Campos         
  Name: John Campos
  Title:   Authorized Signatory


Venture VII CDO Limited

 

By: its investment advisor, MJX Asset Management, LLC

by   /s/ Fred Taylor        
  Name: Fred Taylor
  Title:   Managing Director


Venture IX CDO, Limited

 

By: its investment advisor, MJX Asset Management, LLC

by   /s/ Fred Taylor        
  Name: Fred Taylor
  Title:   Managing Director


Venture VIII CDO, Limited

 

By: its investment advisor, MJX Asset Management, LLC

by   /s/ Fred Taylor        
  Name: Fred Taylor
  Title:   Managing Director


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
by   /s/ Robyn Rogin        
  Name: Robyn Rogin
  Title:   Managing Director


Schedule 1.01A to

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Consent Subsidiaries

 

   

Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd.

 

   

Goodyear-SRI Global Purchasing Company

 

   

Goodyear-SRI Global Technologies LLC

 

   

Goodyear Australia Pty Limited

 

   

Goodyear South Asia Tyres Private Ltd.

 

   

Goodyear Maroc S.A.

 

   

Maxximarketing LLC

 

   

Nippon Giant Tire Kabushiki Kaisha


Schedule 1.01B to

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Mortgaged Properties

 

1. Amended and Restated Second Priority Mortgage (With Power of Sale), Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement , dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Lien Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012, by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas regarding premises in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

 

2. Amended and Restated Second Priority Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Priority Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas regarding premises in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

 

3. Amended and Restated Second Priority Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Priority Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas regarding premises in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

 

4. Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to James DeBoer, as Trustee for the benefit of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“Original Second Priority Deed of Trust”), as modified by a Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated as of April 19, 2012, pursuant to which Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas appointed Joshua E. Slan the substitute trustee under the Original Second Priority Deed of Trust in place of the original trustee named therein, and as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to Joshua E. Slan, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas regarding premises in Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

 

5.

Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Kelly-Springfield Tire Corporation to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee for the benefit of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as assumed by The Goodyear


  Tire & Rubber Company and amended by the Assumption and Amendment No. 1 of Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of December 17, 2008, by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and as further amended by the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 19, 2012 by and among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and First American Title Insurance Company regarding premises in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina.

 

6. Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated as of April 20, 2007 from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee for the benefit of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Priority Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated as of April 19, 2012 by and between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, regarding premises in Caswell County, North Carolina.


Schedule 1.01C to

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness

 

   

All Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness and the related Liens shall satisfy the requirements set forth in the definition of Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness.

 

   

The documentation establishing or evidencing any Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness (“ SSLI Documentation ”) shall contain no maintenance financial covenants that are not contained in this Agreement, and the financial levels or ratios requited to be maintained by any such covenants shall be no more restrictive than those required to be maintained by corresponding covenants of this Agreement (it being understood that additional maintenance financial covenants may be included in any SSLI Documentation and, if they are, they shall automatically be included in this Agreement).

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall permit (specifically, and not through a basket that could be exhausted by other financings) the refinancing of all Indebtedness under this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement and the European Facilities Agreement (or any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereto) with new Indebtedness having a maturity no sooner than, a weighted average life no shorter than, and an aggregate principal amount or accreted value no greater than the fully drawn amount (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs of refinancing) of the refinanced indebtedness or commitments thereunder and secured on the same basis as the Indebtedness refinanced.

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall not restrict (except for restrictions that a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have represented in a certificate to the Administrative Agent (which shall be deemed to be a Credit Document) will not materially interfere with the Borrower’s ability to effect) the securing of Indebtedness under this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement or any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or the cash collateralization of any letter of credit exposure thereunder (but may require that if Indebtedness under this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement or related refinancing Indebtedness is secured by assets not securing the Indebtedness under this Agreement, the First Lien Agreement or the European Facilities Agreement on the Restatement Date, a junior lien on such assets, subordinated under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, (or in the case of any lien granted by any Grantor to secure indebtedness under the European Facility Agreement, a ratable or junior lien on such assets) must be granted to secure the Senior Subordinated-Lien Indebtedness).

 

   

The SSLI Documentation shall not restrict (except for restrictions that a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have represented in a certificate to the Administrative Agent (which shall be deemed to be a Credit Document) will not materially interfere with the Borrower’s ability to effect) the use of proceeds from


 

any sale, transfer or other disposition of assets owned directly by (a) the Borrower or any Grantor to repay or prepay Indebtedness under this Agreement or the First Lien Agreement or refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or to cash collateralize any letter of credit exposure thereunder, or (b) the European JV or any of its subsidiaries to repay or prepay Indebtedness under the European Facilities Agreement or refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof or to cash collateralize any letter of credit exposure thereunder.


Schedule 2.01 to

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Lenders on the Restatement Date

Schedule 2.01 will be maintained by the Administrative Agent and will be available for inspection by the Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.


Schedule 3.10(b) to

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Mortgaged Properties

Etowah County, Alabama

Shawnee County, Kansas

Caswell County, North Carolina

Cumberland County, North Carolina

Comanche County, Oklahoma

Pittsylvania County, Virginia


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

c/o Loan & Agency Services Group

1111 Fannin St., 10th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Alice Telles

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Borrowing Request and the Borrower hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing requested hereby:

 

  (A)

Aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing 1 :                      

 

  (B) Restatement Date (which is a Business Day):                     

 

  (C)

Interest rate basis 2 :                      

 

  (D)

Interest Period 3 :                      

 

1  

Not less than $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000.

 

2  

Eurodollar Borrowing or ABR Borrowing.

 

3  

If the Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing. Must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.


  (E) Location and number of Borrower’s account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                     

 

Very truly yours,

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by      
 

Name:

Title:

 

2


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

Loan & Agency Services Group

1111 Fannin, 10th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Alice Telles

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the undersigned, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes an Interest Election Request and the Borrower hereby requests the conversion or continuation of a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Borrowing to be converted or continued as requested hereby:

 

  (A)

Borrowing to which this request applies 1 :                     

 

  (B)

Principal amount of Borrowing to be converted/continued 2 :                     

 

  (C) Effective date of election (which is a Business Day):                     

 

  (D)

Interest rate basis of resulting Borrowing(s) 3 :                     

 

1  

Specify existing Type and last day of current Interest Period.

 

2  

If different options are being elected with respect to different portions of the Borrowing, indicate the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing. Each resulting Borrowing must be not less than $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000.

 

3  

Eurodollar Borrowing or ABR Borrowing.


  (E)

Interest Period of resulting Borrowing(s) 4 :                     

 

Very truly yours,

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER

COMPANY,

by

   
 

Name:

Title:

 

4  

If the Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing. Must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the Maturity Date.

 

2


EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF]

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$[            ]    New York, New York
   [ ], 20—

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [            ] (the “ Lender ”) or its registered assigns, at the office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “ Administrative Agent ”) at 383 Madison Avenue, 24th floor, New York, New York 10179, on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of [            ] ($[            ]) or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) made to the Company by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rate or rates per annum and payable on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The Company promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at the rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The nonexercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

All borrowings evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof that shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided , however , that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such a notation shall not affect the obligations of the Company under this Note.


This Note is given subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for optional prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. This Note is entitled to the benefit of the Credit Agreement and is guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement). This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

by

 
 

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

2


Loans and Payments

 

Date   

Amount

and Type of

Loan

  

Maturity

Date

   Principal    Interest   

Unpaid

Principal

Balance of Note

  

Name of Person

Making Notation

 

3


EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF]

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the effective date set forth below (the “ Effective Date ”) and is entered into by and between the assignor identified below (the “ Assignor ”) and the assignee identified below (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.


Assignor:                     

Assignee:                     

and is an [Affiliate]/[Approved Fund] 1 of [Identify Lender]

Borrower(s):                 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement

Assigned Interest:

 

     Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans for
all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned of
Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
 

Commitment/Loans

   $         $           %   

Effective Date:     , 20      [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR].

The Assignee (in the case an Assignee is not a Lender) agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Credit Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

 

1  

Select as applicable.

 

2


The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor,

by

 
 

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee,

by

 
 

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

3


SIGNATURE PAGE TO

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

[Consented to and] 2 Accepted:

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

by    
 

Name:

Title:

 

Consented to: 3
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by    
  Name:
  Title:

 

 

2  

If the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

3  

If the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

4


ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

Representations and Warranties .

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Agents, the Assignor or any other Lender, and (v) attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Agents, the Assignor 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender and (iii) it will not book any Loan at an Austrian branch or through an Austrian Affiliate and will comply with Section 9.19 of the Credit Agreement; and (c) appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf and to exercise such powers under


the Credit Documents as are delegated to them by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

2. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Assignee, by executing and delivering this Assignment and Assumption, acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and approves and agrees to be bound by and to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document, specifically including (i) the provisions of Article VII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (governing the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents and the distribution of proceeds realized from such exercise), (ii) the provisions of Articles IX and X of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (relating to the duties and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent thereunder and providing for the indemnification and the reimbursement of expenses of the Collateral Agent thereunder by the Lenders) and (iii) the provisions of Section 12.13 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (providing for releases of Guarantees of and Collateral securing the Obligations).

3. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

4. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or other electronic image scan transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York

 

2


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (“ Goodyear ”), the other Subsidiaries of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY identified as Grantors and Guarantors under the Security Documents referred to below (collectively with Goodyear, the “ Reaffirming Parties ”) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement referred to below.

Goodyear has requested that the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”), be further amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Restatement Date ”) among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “ Restated Credit Agreement ”), and that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Canadian Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement between Goodyear Canada, Inc., and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent dated as of April 8, 2005 (the “ Canadian GCA ”) be amended as set forth in Section 1 below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them by the Restated Credit Agreement.

Each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or more of the Security Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement, and each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Restated Credit Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

In consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as follows:

SECTION 1. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming Parties confirms that (i) the security interests granted by it under the Security Documents and in


existence immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue in full force and effect on the terms of the respective Security Documents and (ii) on the Restatement Date the Obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement shall constitute “Obligations” under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as amended by paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) below (as so amended, the “ Amended GCA ”) and “ Obligations ” under the Canadian GCA as amended by paragraph (b) below (the “ Amended Canadian GCA ”) and “secured obligations” (however defined) under the other Security Documents (subject to any limitations set forth in the Amended GCA or such other Security Documents). Each party hereto confirms that the intention of the parties is that each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document shall not terminate on the Restatement Date and shall continue in full force and effect as amended or amended and restated by the Restated Credit Agreement, this Agreement or otherwise.

(b) The following defined terms listed in Article I of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and in Article I of the Canadian GCA are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (each as defined therein), dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

(c) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (c) immediately following Section 5.02(b):

“(c) The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the Federal Aviation Administration (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting


any security interest granted by any Grantor in any Aircraft and naming such Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.”

(d) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 5.04(a) thereof to read as follows:

“(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly (and in any event within 30 days) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure and (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number. Each Grantor agrees to furnish the Collateral Agent at least 10 Business Day (or such shorter period as the Collateral Agent may agree) prior written notice of any change in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.”

(e) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language immediately following Section 5.08 thereof:

“SECTION 5.09. Securities Accounts . If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee in an account with a securities intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, cause such securities intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements without further consent of any Grantor, such nominee, or any other Person (each such agreement, a “Securities Account Control Agreement”). The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer or securities intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.”

(f) The references to Section “6.06(e)” and “6.06(f)” of the Credit Agreement in Section 12.13(d) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby replaced with references to Section “6.04(d)”.

(g) Section 7.03 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by deleting at the end of the last paragraph the following sentence: “It is


understood that the Deposits held by the Administrative Agent under Section 2.01 of the First Lien Agreement do not constitute assets of the Borrower or Collateral, and that nothing herein shall prevent or delay payments required to be made from the Deposit Account to the “Issuing Banks” as provided in the First Lien Agreement.”

(h) Article XII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the last sentence of Section 12.13(e) to read as follows:

“In the case of any License of Intellectual Property to any Person that is not an Affiliate of any Grantor (i) for which it receives consideration at the time of such License at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the subject Intellectual Property and in respect of which the Borrower shall have delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent designating such transfer as an Asset Disposition for purposes of Section 6.04, (ii) that constitutes an Asset Disposition under Section 6.04, or (iii) that does not materially reduce the collateral value to the Secured Parties of the Material Intellectual Property, taken as a whole, and, in each case, is permitted under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Liens on such Intellectual Property granted hereunder shall be subject to the rights of third parties to use such Intellectual Property under such License; provided that no such License shall be used for the purpose of securing or otherwise providing credit support for Indebtedness.”

(i) On and after the Restatement Date, (i) the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the Security Documents, shall mean the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) the terms “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Amended GCA and the Amended Canadian GCA, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Amended Canadian GCA as amended hereby.

SECTION 2. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with this Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and


disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and other counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 5. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 6. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Grantor under any Security Document from any of its obligations and liabilities under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Security Documents. Each of the Restated Credit Agreement and the Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any extent modified hereby or by the Amendment Agreement or in connection herewith and therewith.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER

COMPANY,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

by

     
    Name:
    Title:


GRANTORS AND GUARANTORS

 

CELERON CORPORATION,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

DAPPER TIRE CO., INC.,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

DIVESTED COMPANIES HOLDING

COMPANY,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

by

     
    Name:
    Title:

 

DIVESTED LITCHFIELD PARK

PROPERTIES, INC.,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

by

     
    Name:
    Title:


GOODYEAR EXPORT INC.,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

GOODYEAR FARMS, INC.,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL

CORPORATION,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

GOODYEAR WESTERN HEMISPHERE

CORPORATION,

by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INC.,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

 

WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE

SYSTEMS, LLC,

by      
    Name:
    Title:


GOODYEAR CANADA INC.,
by      
    Name:
    Title:

by

     
    Name:
    Title:


EXHIBIT F

FORM OF RESTATEMENT DATE

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to (i) the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), among The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and (ii) the Reaffirmation Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2012 (the “ Reaffirmation Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement or Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable.

The undersigned, a Financial Officer and a legal officer, respectively, of the Borrower, hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party, as follows:

1. Names. (a) Set forth below is the exact legal name of (i) each Domestic Subsidiary and each other North American Subsidiary, in each case other than any Subsidiary that (A) is an Excluded Subsidiary, (B) is a Consent Subsidiary, or (C) has consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2011, or, if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) any other Grantor:

(b) Set forth below is the exact legal name of each Domestic Subsidiary and each other North American Subsidiary, in each case that (i) has consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000, as of December 31, 2011, or, if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) is not a Consent Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary:

(c) Schedule 1 hereto sets forth the legal name of each Consent Subsidiary.

(d) Set forth below is each legal name (other than the one provided in Section 1) that each Grantor has had in the five years preceding the Restatement Date, together with the date of the relevant change:

(e) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by each Grantor in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties at any time during the five years preceding the Restatement Date:


Grantor

  

Other Names

  

(f) Set forth below is the organizational identification number, if any, as of the date hereof, issued by the jurisdiction of formation of each Grantor that is a registered organization:

 

Grantor

   Jurisdiction    Organizational
Identification Number

(g) Set forth below is the US Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Grantor as of the date hereof:


Grantor

   Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number

2. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of each Grantor as of the date hereof is located at the address set forth opposite its name below:

 

Grantor

   Mailing Address    County

(b) The assets of each Grantor located in Canada as of the date hereof are located in the provinces and territories set forth opposite its name below, where applicable:


Grantor

   Provinces/Territories

3. Stock Ownership and other Equity Interests. Schedule 3A hereto is a true and correct list of all the Equity Interests in Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests in Luxembourg Finance and Excluded Equity Interests) owned by any Grantor as of the date hereof and required to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the record and beneficial owners of such Equity Interests. Schedule 3B hereto is a true and correct list of all Excluded Equity Interests owned by any Grantor as of the date hereof.

4. Debt Instruments. Schedule 4 hereto is a true and correct list of all Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral as of the date hereof and representing Indebtedness in excess of $3,000,000.

5. US Intellectual Property. Schedule 5(A) hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to all of the Material Intellectual Property of each Grantor (other than Goodyear Canada, Inc.) consisting of US Patents and US Trademarks, including the name of the registered or beneficial owner, the registration or patent number, and the registration date or date granted for each such Patent and Trademark owned by any such Grantor. Schedule 5(B) hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the United States Copyright Office with respect to all of each Grantor’s Material Intellectual Property consisting of Copyrights, including the name of the registered owner, the registration number and the registration date of each Copyright owned by any such Grantor.

6. Canadian Intellectual Property. Schedule 6 hereto sets forth information sufficient for filing in proper form with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office with respect to all of the Material Intellectual Property of each Grantor consisting of Canadian Trademarks, including the name of the registered or beneficial owner, the


registration number and the registration date or date granted for each such owned by any such Grantor.

7. Deposit Accounts. Schedule 7 hereto is a true and correct list of all Deposit Accounts that constitute Collateral as of the date hereof and are maintained by each Grantor, including the name of the depositary institution, the type of account and the account number (with each Deposit Account which is not part of the Lockbox System indicated by an “N”).

8. Security Accounts . Schedule 8 hereto is a true and correct list of all securities accounts that constitute Collateral as of the date hereof and are maintained by each Grantor, including the name of the financial institution holding the securities account (including a securities intermediary), the type of account and the account number.

9. Aircraft . Schedule 9 hereto is a true and correct list of all Aircraft owned by any Grantor and information sufficient to permit the Collateral Agent to file notices of its security interests in such Aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration, including the model number, the tail number, the name, the serial number and the location of such Aircraft.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this perfection certificate on this             day of April, 2012.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,
by      
    Name:
    Title:
by      
    Name:
   

Title:


SCHEDULE 1

Consent Subsidiaries


SCHEDULE 3A

Pledged Equity Interests


SCHEDULE 3B

Excluded Equity Interests


SCHEDULE 4

Debt Instruments


SCHEDULE 5A

Material US Patents and Trademarks


SCHEDULE 5B

Material US Copyrights


SCHEDULE 6

Material Canadian Trademarks


SCHEDULE 7

Deposit Accounts


SCHEDULE 8

Security Accounts


SCHEDULE 9

Aircraft

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (“ Goodyear ”), the other Subsidiaries of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY identified as Grantors and Guarantors under the Security Documents referred to below (collectively with Goodyear, the “ Reaffirming Parties ”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement referred to below.

Goodyear has requested that the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, the Documentation Agents party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Syndication Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”), be further amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Restatement Date ”) among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “ Restated Credit Agreement ”), and that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Canadian First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement between Goodyear Canada, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent dated as of April 8, 2005 (the “ Canadian GCA ”) be amended as set forth in Section 1 below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them by the Restated Credit Agreement.

Each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or more of the Security Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement, and each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Restated Credit Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

In consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as follows:

SECTION 1. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming Parties confirms that (i) the security interests granted by it under the Security Documents and in existence immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue in full force and

effect on the terms of the respective Security Documents and (ii) on the Restatement Date the Obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement shall constitute “Obligations” under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as amended by paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) below (as so amended, the “ Amended GCA ”) and “ Obligations ” under the


Canadian GCA as amended by paragraph (b) below (the “ Amended Canadian GCA ”) and “secured obligations” (however defined) under the other Security Documents (subject to any limitations set forth in the Amended GCA or such other Security Documents). Each party hereto confirms that the intention of the parties is that each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document shall not terminate on the Restatement Date and shall continue in full force and effect as amended or amended and restated by the Restated Credit Agreement, this Agreement or otherwise.

(b) The following defined terms listed in Article I of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and in Article I of the Canadian GCA are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (each as defined therein), dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the Second Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

(c) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (c) immediately following Section 5.02(b):

“(c) The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the Federal Aviation Administration (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting any security interest granted by any Grantor in any Aircraft and naming such Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.”

 

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(d) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 5.08(a) thereof to read as follows:

“(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly (and in any event within 30 days) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure and (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number. Each Grantor agrees to furnish the Collateral Agent at least 10 Business Day (or such shorter period as the Collateral Agent may agree) prior written notice of any change in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.”

(e) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language immediately following Section 5.08 thereof:

“SECTION 5.09. Securities Accounts . If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee in an account with a securities intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, cause such securities intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements without further consent of any Grantor, such nominee, or any other Person (each such agreement, a “Securities Account Control Agreement”). The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer or securities intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.”

(f) The references to Section “6.06(e)” of the Credit Agreement in Section 12.13(d) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby replaced with references to Section “6.04(c)”.

(g) Section 7.03 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by deleting at the end of the last paragraph the following sentence: “It is understood that the Deposits held by the Administrative Agent under Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement do not constitute assets of the Borrower or Collateral, and that nothing

 

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herein shall prevent or delay payments required to be made from the Deposit Account to the Issuing Banks as provided in the Credit Agreement.”

(h) Article XII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the last sentence of Section 12.13(e) to read as follows:

“In the case of any License of Intellectual Property to any Person that is not an Affiliate of any Grantor (i) for which it receives consideration at the time of such License at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the subject Intellectual Property and in respect of which the Borrower shall have delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent designating such transfer as an Asset Disposition for purposes of Section 6.04, (ii) that constitutes an Asset Disposition under Section 6.04, or (iii) that does not materially reduce the collateral value to the Secured Parties of the Material Intellectual Property, taken as a whole, and, in each case, is permitted under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Liens on such Intellectual Property granted hereunder shall be subject to the rights of third parties to use such Intellectual Property under such License; provided that no such License shall be used for the purpose of securing or otherwise providing credit support for Indebtedness.”

(i) On and after the Restatement Date, (i) the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the Security Documents, shall mean the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) the terms “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Amended GCA and the Amended Canadian GCA, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Amended Canadian GCA as amended hereby.

SECTION 2. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with this Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and other counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 5. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

SECTION 6. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Grantor under any Security Document from any of its obligations and liabilities under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Security Documents. Each of the Restated Credit Agreement and the Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any extent modified hereby or by the Amendment Agreement or in connection herewith and therewith.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

FIRST LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

 

by

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

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

FIRST LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


GRANTORS AND GUARANTORS

 

CELERON CORPORATION,
 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DAPPER TIRE CO., INC.,
 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DIVESTED COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY,
 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

FIRST LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


DIVESTED LITCHFIELD PARK

PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

GOODYEAR EXPORT INC.,
 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR FARMS, INC.,
 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL

CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

FIRST LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


GOODYEAR WESTERN HEMISPHERE

CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE

SYSTEMS, LLC,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR CANADA INC.,

 

by

  /s/ D.S. Hamilton
  Name: D.S. Hamilton
  Title: President
 

by

  /s/ R.M. Hunter
  Name: R.M. Hunter
  Title: Secretary

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

FIRST LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.4

EXECUTION VERSION

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (this “ Agreement ”), among THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (“ Goodyear ”), the other Subsidiaries of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY identified as Grantors and Guarantors under the Security Documents referred to below (collectively with Goodyear, the “ Reaffirming Parties ”) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement referred to below.

Goodyear has requested that the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2007, among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”), be further amended and restated in the form of the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Restatement Date ”) among Goodyear, the Lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “ Restated Credit Agreement ”), and that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Canadian Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement between Goodyear Canada, Inc., and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent dated as of April 8, 2005 (the “ Canadian GCA ”) be amended as set forth in Section 1 below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given them by the Restated Credit Agreement.

Each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or more of the Security Documents referred to in the Credit Agreement, and each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Restated Credit Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

In consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as follows:

SECTION 1. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming Parties confirms that (i) the security interests granted by it under the Security Documents and in existence immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue in full force and

effect on the terms of the respective Security Documents and (ii) on the Restatement Date the Obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement shall constitute “Obligations” under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as amended by paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),


(g), (h) and (i) below (as so amended, the “ Amended GCA ”) and “ Obligations ” under the Canadian GCA as amended by paragraph (b) below (the “ Amended Canadian GCA ”) and “secured obligations” (however defined) under the other Security Documents (subject to any limitations set forth in the Amended GCA or such other Security Documents). Each party hereto confirms that the intention of the parties is that each of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document shall not terminate on the Restatement Date and shall continue in full force and effect as amended or amended and restated by the Restated Credit Agreement, this Agreement or otherwise.

(b) The following defined terms listed in Article I of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and in Article I of the Canadian GCA are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement among the Collateral Agent, the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (each as defined therein), dated as of April 19, 2012, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein).

Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, as amended, among (a) the Collateral Agent, (b) the collateral agent under the First Lien Agreement, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto or any substitute or successor agreement among such parties containing substantially the same terms (and under which the Obligations shall have been designated by the Borrower as “Senior Obligations”), with any changes approved by the Administrative Agent.

(c) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (c) immediately following Section 5.02(b):

“(c) The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the Federal Aviation Administration (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting any security interest granted by any Grantor in any Aircraft and naming such Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.”

 

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(d) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 5.04(a) thereof to read as follows:

“(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly (and in any event within 30 days) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure and (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number. Each Grantor agrees to furnish the Collateral Agent at least 10 Business Day (or such shorter period as the Collateral Agent may agree) prior written notice of any change in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.”

(e) Article V of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following language immediately following Section 5.08 thereof:

“SECTION 5.09. Securities Accounts . If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee in an account with a securities intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, cause such securities intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements without further consent of any Grantor, such nominee, or any other Person (each such agreement, a “Securities Account Control Agreement”). The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer or securities intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.”

(f) The references to Section “6.06(e)” and “6.06(f)” of the Credit Agreement in Section 12.13(d) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are hereby replaced with references to Section “6.04(d)”.

(g) Section 7.03 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by deleting at the end of the last paragraph the following sentence: “It is understood that the Deposits held by the Administrative Agent under Section 2.01 of the First Lien Agreement do not constitute assets of the Borrower or Collateral, and that nothing herein shall prevent or delay payments required to be made from the Deposit Account to the “Issuing Banks” as provided in the First Lien Agreement.”

 

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(h) Article XII of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the last sentence of Section 12.13(e) to read as follows:

“In the case of any License of Intellectual Property to any Person that is not an Affiliate of any Grantor (i) for which it receives consideration at the time of such License at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the subject Intellectual Property and in respect of which the Borrower shall have delivered a notice to the Administrative Agent designating such transfer as an Asset Disposition for purposes of Section 6.04, (ii) that constitutes an Asset Disposition under Section 6.04, or (iii) that does not materially reduce the collateral value to the Secured Parties of the Material Intellectual Property, taken as a whole, and, in each case, is permitted under this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Liens on such Intellectual Property granted hereunder shall be subject to the rights of third parties to use such Intellectual Property under such License; provided that no such License shall be used for the purpose of securing or otherwise providing credit support for Indebtedness.”

(i) On and after the Restatement Date, (i) the term “Credit Agreement”, as used in the Security Documents, shall mean the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) the terms “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereto”, “hereof” and words of similar import, as used in the Amended GCA and the Amended Canadian GCA, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Amended Canadian GCA as amended hereby.

SECTION 2. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 4. Expenses. Goodyear agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with this Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and other counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 5. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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SECTION 6. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Grantor under any Security Document from any of its obligations and liabilities under the Restated Credit Agreement or the Security Documents. Each of the Restated Credit Agreement and the Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any extent modified hereby or by the Amendment Agreement or in connection herewith and therewith.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

Administrative Agent,

 

by

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

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent,

 

by

 

/s/ Erin Morrissey

 

Name: Erin Morrissey

 

Title: Director

by

 

/s/ Carin Keegan

 

Name: Carin Keegan

 

Title: Director

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


GRANTORS AND GUARANTORS

 

CELERON CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DAPPER TIRE CO., INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DIVESTED COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY,

 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


DIVESTED LITCHFIELD PARK

PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

GOODYEAR EXPORT INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR FARMS, INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL

CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT


GOODYEAR WESTERN HEMISPHERE

CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE

SYSTEMS, LLC,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR CANADA INC.,

 

by

  /s/ D.S. Hamilton
  Name: D.S. Hamilton
  Title: President
 

by

  /s/ R.M. Hunter
  Name: R.M. Hunter
  Title: Secretary

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

SECOND LIEN REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.5

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LENDERS LIEN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

dated as of

April 19, 2012,

among

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as First Lien Collateral Agent,

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Second Lien Collateral Agent

and

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

and the Subsidiaries named herein

 

 

 

[CS&M Ref. No. 6701-315]


AMENDED AND RESTATED LENDERS LIEN SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of April 19, 2012 (the “ Agreement ”), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties referred to herein; DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as collateral agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties referred to herein; THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY; and the subsidiaries of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company named herein.

Reference is made (a) to the Credit Agreements (such term, and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein, having the meaning assigned to it in Article I), under which the Lenders referred to therein have extended and agreed to extend credit to the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, and (b) to the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 8, 2005, among the parties hereto, entered into in pursuant to the Credit Agreements as in effect prior to their amendment and restatement on the date hereof (the “ Existing LLSIA ”). In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties), the Second Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company named herein agree as set forth herein. This Agreement amends and restates the Existing LLSIA.

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Construction; Certain Defined Terms . (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles and Sections shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement and (v) 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, securities, accounts and contract rights.


(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the U.S. Code.

“Collateral” means the First Lien Obligations Collateral and the Second Lien Obligations Collateral.

“Collateral Agents” means the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.

“Company” means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation.

“Credit Agreements” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Discharge of First Lien Obligations” means, subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.08, (a) payment in full in accordance with their respective terms of the First Lien Obligations (including First Lien Obligations consisting of interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding, but excluding (i) First Lien Obligations consisting of contingent indemnity, expense reimbursement and similar obligations that have not yet become due and payable and (ii) contingent obligations not yet due and payable in respect of “Miscellaneous Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), (b) cancellation of or the entry into arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and each applicable Issuing Bank (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect to all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement and (c) termination or expiration of all commitments to lend and all obligations to issue letters of credit under the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the First Lien Security Documents, and its successors in such capacity.

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, certain lenders, certain issuing banks, certain syndication and documentation agents and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent, as such agreement may be amended, restated, waived, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.

“First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of April 8, 2005, as amended through the date hereof, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the First Lien Collateral Agent, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.


“First Lien Obligations” means (a) all “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, in respect of the repayment or prepayment of loans and the reimbursement of drawings under or cash collateralization of letters of credit, in an aggregate principal or stated amount not greater than the aggregate Commitments under the First Lien Credit Agreement on the date hereof, and all related interest and fees; (b) additional “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, in respect of the repayment or prepayment of loans and the reimbursement of drawings under or cash collateralization of letters of credit, and all related interest and fees, to the extent the incurrence of the Obligations referred to in this clause (b) shall have been permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement; (c) all “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, other than in respect of the repayment or prepayment of loans and the reimbursement of drawings under or cash collateralization of letters of credit and related interest and fees, including all obligations in respect of fees not related to specific loans or letters of credit, reimbursement of costs and expenses (including expenses of enforcement), indemnities and yield maintenance obligations; and (d) all “Miscellaneous Obligations”, as such term is defined in the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“First Lien Obligations Collateral” means all “Collateral”, as defined in the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, securing any First Lien Obligations, and any other assets or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries now or at any time hereafter subject to Liens securing any First Lien Obligations.

“First Lien Security Documents” means the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the “Other Security Documents”, as defined therein, and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to secure any First Lien Obligations.

“First Lien Secured Parties” means, at any time, each person that is a “Secured Party” under and as defined in the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“First Liens” mean Liens created under First Lien Security Documents securing First Lien Obligations.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, Canada, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Grantor” means the Company and each subsidiary of the Company that shall have created any First Lien or Second Lien on its assets or properties to secure any First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations.


“Indebtedness” means any “Indebtedness” as defined in either the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, each as in effect on the date hereof.

“Lien” means any pledge, security interest, mortgage or other lien or encumbrance securing any indebtedness or other obligation.

“Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement” means the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, among (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the First Lien Secured Parties, (b) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties, (c) the Designated Senior Obligations Collateral Agents and Designated Junior Obligations Collateral Agents (as such terms are defined therein) from time to time party thereto and (d) the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, as amended from time to time.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

“Representative” means the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable.

“Second Lien Collateral Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Security Documents, and its successors in such capacity.

“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent, as such agreement may be amended, restated, waived, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of April 8, 2005, as amended through the date hereof, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Second Lien Obligations” means all “Obligations”, as such term is defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Second Lien Obligations Collateral” means all “Collateral”, as defined in the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, securing any Second Lien Obligations, and any other assets or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries now or at any time hereafter subject to Liens securing any Second Lien Obligations.


“Second Lien Secured Parties” means, at any time, each person that is a “Secured Party” under and as defined in the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Second Lien Security Documents” means the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the “Other Security Documents”, as defined therein, and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to secure any Second Lien Obligations.

“Second Liens” means Liens created under any Second Lien Security Documents securing Second Lien Obligations and any other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations, however arising (including Liens arising out of judgments obtained by or on behalf of holders of Second Lien Obligations).

“Secured Parties” means the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties.

“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

ARTICLE II

Subordination of Second Liens

SECTION 2.01. Subordination of Second Liens. (a) All Second Liens in respect of any Collateral are expressly subordinated and made junior in right, priority, operation and effect to any and all First Liens in respect of such Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any Second Lien Security Document or any other agreement or instrument to the contrary, and irrespective of the time, order or method of creation, attachment or perfection of such Second Liens and First Liens or any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing.

(b) It is acknowledged that (i) the aggregate amount of the First Lien Obligations may be increased as contemplated in the definition of such term, (ii) a portion of the First Lien Obligations consists or may consist of Indebtedness that is revolving in nature, and the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed and (iii) the First


Lien Obligations may be extended, renewed or otherwise amended or modified, or secured with additional Collateral (the Liens on which, to the extent they secure First Lien Obligations, shall become First Liens), from time to time, all without affecting the subordination of the Second Liens hereunder or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties. The lien priorities provided for herein shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, modification, supplement, extension, increase, renewal or restatement of either the Second Lien Obligations or the First Lien Obligations, by the securing of any First Lien Obligations with any additional Collateral or guarantees (the Liens on which, to the extent they secure First Lien Obligations, shall become First Liens), by the release of any Collateral or any guarantees securing or supporting any First Lien Obligations, by the failure of any person to comply with any provision of this Agreement or any agreement evidencing, governing or securing any First Lien Obligation or Second Lien Obligation, or by any action that any Collateral Agent or Secured Party may take or fail to take in respect of any Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, existing or future First Lien Obligations of any class may be secured by Collateral subject to Second Liens, and the Liens on such Collateral securing such First Lien Obligations will constitute First Liens entitled to the benefit of this Agreement.

(c) It is further acknowledged that the First Lien Obligations are or may in the future be secured by Liens on Collateral other than the Collateral subject to the Second Liens. It is agreed that the First Lien Collateral Agent will have no obligation to proceed first against any such other Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations or to exercise any other remedies available to it as a condition to obtaining the benefits of this Article II.

(d) The Second Lien Collateral Agent acknowledges receipt of copies of the First Lien Credit Agreement and the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. The Company hereby represents, warrants and confirms that the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the principal Second Lien Security Documents (other than any account control or “lock-box” agreements) contain the provisions set forth in Annex I hereto under which the Second Lien Secured Parties agree to, and subject their rights to the provisions of, this Agreement as set forth therein (it being agreed that references in any such provisions to the Existing LLSIA rather than to this Agreement will be sufficient for such purposes).

SECTION 2.02. No Action With Respect to Second Lien Obligations Collateral Subject to First Liens. Neither the Second Lien Collateral Agent nor any other Second Lien Secured Party shall commence or instruct the Second Lien Collateral Agent to commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Second Lien Obligations Collateral under any Second Lien Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, at any time when such Second Lien Obligations Collateral shall be subject to any First Lien and the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall not have occurred, it being agreed that only the First Lien


Collateral Agent, acting in accordance with the First Lien Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent may, subject to Section 2.05, take all such actions as it shall deem necessary to continue the perfection of the Second Liens on any Second Lien Obligations Collateral; (ii) in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding, any Second Lien Secured Party may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations; (iii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent may take any action to preserve or protect the validity and enforceability of the Second Liens, provided that no such action is, or could reasonably be expected to be, (A) adverse to the First Liens or the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party to exercise remedies in respect thereof or (B) otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the automatic release of Second Liens provided in Section 2.05; and (iv) the Second Lien Secured Parties may file any responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the Collateral, or the avoidance of any Second Lien or otherwise make any agreements or file any motions pertaining to the Second Lien Obligations, in each case, to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.03. No Duties of First Lien Collateral Agent. Each Second Lien Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First Lien Secured Party shall have any duties or other obligations to such Second Lien Secured Party with respect to any First Lien Obligations Collateral, other than to transfer to the Second Lien Collateral Agent any proceeds of any such Collateral that constitutes Second Lien Obligations Collateral remaining in its possession following any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral and the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, or, if the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be in possession of all or any part of such Collateral after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, such Collateral or any part thereof remaining, in each case without representation or warranty on the part of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Second Lien Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall occur, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the holders of the First Lien Obligations, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with such Collateral as provided herein and in the First Lien Security Documents, and to apply any proceeds or other amounts realized to the payment of First Lien Obligations, without regard to any Second Lien or any rights to which the holders of the Second Lien Obligations would otherwise be entitled as a result of such Second Lien. Without limiting the foregoing, each Second Lien Secured Party agrees that neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First Lien Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshall or realize upon any type of Collateral (or any other collateral securing the First Lien Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of the Collateral (or any other collateral securing the First Lien Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Second Lien Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Second Lien Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each


of the Second Lien Secured Parties waives any claim such Second Lien Secured Party may now or hereafter have against the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party (or their representatives) arising out of (i) any actions which the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties may take or omit to take (including, without limitation, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First Lien Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First Lien Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the First Lien Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First Lien Obligations, (ii) any election by the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Secured Parties, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and/or (iii) any borrowing or use of cash Collateral by any Grantor as debtor-in-possession, or any related grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code.

SECTION 2.04. No Interference; Payment Over; Reinstatement. (a) Each Second Lien Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or effect of which is, or could be, to make any Second Lien pari passu with, or to give such Second Lien Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, any First Lien with respect to the Collateral subject to such Second Lien or any part thereof, (ii) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations or First Lien Security Document, or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any First Lien, or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement, (iii) it will not interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral subject to such Second Lien by any holders of First Lien Obligations secured by such Collateral or by the First Lien Collateral Agent acting on their behalf; provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent any Second Lien Secured Party from objecting to or otherwise opposing any sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral submitted to a bankruptcy court for approval in a case under the Bankruptcy Code in which the debtor is a Grantor, (iv) it shall have no right to (A) direct the First Lien Collateral Agent or any holder of First Lien Obligations to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Collateral subject to any Second Lien or (B) consent to the exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any holder of First Lien Obligations of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Collateral subject to any Second Lien, (v) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit or in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against any First Lien Collateral Agent or any holder of First Lien Obligations seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to, and neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any holder of First Lien Obligations shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any such holder of First Lien Obligations with respect to any Collateral securing such First Lien Obligations that is subject to any Second Lien; provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent any Second Lien Secured Party from asserting or seeking to enforce any provision of this Agreement, (vi) it will not seek, and


hereby waives any right, to have any First Lien Obligations Collateral subject to any Second Lien or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vii) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement.

(b) So long as any First Lien Obligations are outstanding, any First Lien Obligations Collateral or proceeds received in connection with any disposition of or collection on First Lien Obligations Collateral upon the enforcement or exercise of any right or remedy (including any right of setoff) shall be applied by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Security Documents. The Second Lien Collateral Agent and each other Second Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any First Lien Obligations Collateral, or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Collateral, whether pursuant to any Second Lien Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding or otherwise, or shall receive any First Lien Obligations Collateral or proceeds of First Lien Obligations Collateral, or any payment on account thereof, under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement subordinating any Liens on the First Lien Obligations Collateral to the Second Liens, at any time when the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall not have occurred, then it shall hold such Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the First Lien Secured Parties and transfer such Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the First Lien Collateral Agent. Each Second Lien Secured Party agrees that if, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect to the First Lien Obligations previously made shall be rescinded for any reason whatsoever, such Second Lien Secured Party shall promptly pay over to the First Lien Collateral Agent any payment (including any payment received from any party under the Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement subordinating any Liens on the First Lien Obligations Collateral to the Second Liens) received by it in respect of any First Lien Obligations Collateral and shall promptly turn any First Lien Obligations Collateral then held by it over to the First Lien Collateral Agent, and the provisions set forth in this Agreement shall be reinstated as if such payment had not been made.

SECTION 2.05. Automatic Release of Second Liens. The Second Lien Collateral Agent and each other Second Lien Secured Party agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of First Lien Obligations Collateral subject to a Second Lien, such Second Lien on such Collateral shall terminate and be released automatically and without further action if the First Liens on such Collateral are released. The Second Lien Collateral Agent agrees to execute and deliver all such releases and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the First Lien Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Second Lien Obligations Collateral provided for in this Section.

SECTION 2.06. Certain Agreements With Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings . In the event a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law shall be


commenced by or against any Grantor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Secured Parties shall not, so long as any First Lien Obligations are outstanding, (a) seek in respect of any part of the Collateral or proceeds thereof or any Lien which may exist thereon any relief from or modification of the automatic stay as provided in Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or seek or accept any form of adequate protection under either or both of Sections 362 and 363 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect thereto except replacement liens junior to the First Liens, the accrual (but not the current payment) of interest and the current payment of out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel and other professional advisors, incurred by the Second Lien Collateral Agent (which the Second Lien Secured Parties agree will constitute adequate protection of their claims and interests), (b) oppose or object to any adequate protection sought by or granted to any First Lien Secured Party in connection with the use of cash collateral or post-petition financing under Section 362, 363 or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, (c) oppose or object to the use of cash collateral by a Grantor unless the Majority Lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement or their Representative shall have opposed or objected to such use of cash collateral, (d) oppose or object to any post-petition financing (including any debtor-in-possession financing) provided by any of the First Lien Secured Parties or provided by a third party pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code (including on a priming basis) unless the Majority Lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement or their Representative shall have opposed or objected to such post-petition financing, (e) oppose or object to the determination of the extent of any Liens held by any of the First Lien Secured Parties or the value of any claims of First Lien Secured Parties under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (f) oppose or object to the payment of interest and expenses as provided under Sections 506(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code to any First Lien Secured Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if, in connection with any debtor-in- possession financing or use of cash collateral, any First Lien Secured Party is granted adequate protection in the form of a Lien on additional collateral, the Second Lien Collateral Agent may, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Lien Secured Parties, seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the First Liens and Liens securing the debtor-in- possession financing on the same basis as the other Second Liens are subordinated to the First Liens under this Agreement and (B) the Second Lien Collateral Agent and other Second Lien Secured Parties may, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement (including the other provisions of this Section 2.06), seek adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding in the form of (x) additional collateral or replacement Liens on the Collateral, provided that, in either such case, as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, is also granted (or has previously been granted) a senior Lien on such additional collateral or senior replacement Liens on the Collateral, as applicable, or (y) an administrative expense claim, provided that, as adequate protection for the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, is also granted (or has previously been granted) an administrative expense claim that is senior and prior to the administrative expense claim of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties; provided further that, to the extent the First Lien Secured Parties are not granted such


adequate protection in the applicable form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Second Lien Secured Party pursuant to or as a result of any such Lien on additional collateral, any such replacement Lien or any such administrative expense claim granted to or for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be subject to Section 2.04(b).

SECTION 2.07. Effect of Refinancing of First Lien Credit Agreement. If, substantially contemporaneously with the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the Company refinances indebtedness outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement with new Indebtedness and provided that (a) such refinancing indebtedness is permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (b) the Company gives to each Representative under the Second Lien Credit Agreement written notice (the “ Refinancing Notice ”) electing the application of the provisions of this Section 2.07 to such refinancing indebtedness, then (i) such Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement, (ii) such refinancing indebtedness and all other obligations under the documents evidencing such indebtedness (the “ New First Lien Obligations ”) shall automatically be treated as First Lien Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, (iii) the credit agreement and the other documents evidencing such refinancing indebtedness (the “ New First Lien Documents ”) shall automatically be treated as the First Lien Credit Agreement and, in the case of New First Lien Documents that are security documents, as the First Lien Security Documents for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the collateral agent under the New First Lien Documents (the “ New First Lien Representative ”) shall be deemed to be the First Lien Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement and (v) the New First Lien Representative, the lenders and any letter of credit issuing banks under the New First Lien Loan Documents and any other persons to whom obligations are owed under hedging agreements or cash management arrangements, to the extent the New First Lien Documents provide that such obligations are to be secured by the First Lien Collateral, shall be deemed to be the First Lien Secured Parties for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a Refinancing Notice, which notice shall include the identity of the New First Lien Representative, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New First Lien Representative may reasonably request in order to provide to the New First Lien Representative the rights and powers contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall cause the agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which the New First Lien Representative is appointed to provide that the New First Lien Representative agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

SECTION 2.08. Reinstatement. In the event that the First Lien Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including, but not limited to, an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until the First Lien Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.


ARTICLE III

Sub-Agency for Perfection of Certain Security Interests

The First Lien Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a First Lien on any Second Lien Obligations Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Collateral or of any account in which such Collateral is held, and if such Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent will serve as sub-agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the sole purpose of perfecting the Second Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agent in such Collateral and shall have possession or control of such Collateral as agent on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent. It is agreed that the obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the rights of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Secured Parties in connection with any such sub-agency arrangement will be in all respects subject to the provisions of Article II. The First Lien Collateral Agent will be deemed to make no representation as to the adequacy of the steps taken by it to perfect the Second Lien on any such Collateral and shall have no responsibility to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second Lien Secured Party for such perfection, it being understood that the sole purpose of this Article is to enable the Second Lien Secured Parties to obtain a perfected Second Lien in such Collateral to the extent that such perfection results from the possession or control of such Collateral or any such account by the First Lien Collateral Agent. At such time as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall have occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall take all such actions in its power as shall reasonably be requested by the Second Lien Collateral Agent to transfer possession of such Collateral to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or to transfer direct control of such Collateral or any such account to the Second Lien Collateral Agent; provided , that if any such Collateral or any such account shall be subject to any other Lien senior to the Second Liens, then the First Lien Collateral Agent may instead transfer possession of such Collateral to the Person or Persons holding such senior Lien or their representative or take such actions in its power as shall reasonably be requested to transfer direct control of such Collateral or any such account to the Person or Persons holding such senior Lien or their representative. The Second Lien Collateral Agent agrees that if it shall obtain possession or direct control of any Collateral or any account pursuant to the foregoing provisions and such Collateral or account shall thereafter become subject to a First Lien, it will take all such actions in its power as shall reasonably be requested by the First Lien Collateral Agent to transfer possession of such Collateral to the First Lien Collateral Agent or take such actions in its power as shall reasonably be requested to transfer direct control of such Collateral or any such account to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

ARTICLE IV

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations

Whenever any Collateral Agent shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations, or the


existence of any Lien securing any such obligations, or the Collateral subject to any such Lien, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by the Representative of the First Lien Secured Parties or Second Lien Secured Parties and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that if, notwithstanding the request of such Collateral Agent, such Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, such Collateral Agent shall be entitled to determine such existence or amount by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. Each Collateral Agent may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Secured Party or any affiliate thereof as a result of such determination.

ARTICLE V

Consent of Grantors

Each Grantor hereby consents to the provisions of this Agreement and the intercreditor arrangements provided for herein and agrees that the obligations of the Grantors under the First Lien Security Documents will in no way be diminished or otherwise affected by such provisions or arrangements.

ARTICLE VI

Representations and Warranties

SECTION 6.01. Representations and Warranties of Each Secured Party. Each Secured Party represents and warrants to the other Secured Parties as follows:

(a) Such party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite power and authority, directly or through the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by or on behalf of such party of this Agreement (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any governmental authority and (ii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of such party or any order of any governmental authority or any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such party.


SECTION 6.02. Representations and Warranties of Each Collateral Agent. Each Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has been authorized and directed by the by the Majority Lenders under and as defined in the credit agreement for which it serves as collateral agent to enter into this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 7.01. Notices . All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(a) if to the First Lien Collateral Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan & Agency Services Group, 1111 Fannin, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Debbie Meche and Cliff Trapani (Telecopy No. (713) 750-2938, with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 383 Madison Avenue, 24th floor, New York, NY 10179, Attention of Robert Kellas (Telecopy No. (212) 270-3089);

(b) if to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60606, Attention of Marla Heller (Telecopy No. (312) 537-4231); and

(c) if to the Company or any other Grantor, to it (or to it in care of the Company) at 1144 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio, 44316-0001, Attention of the Treasurer (Telecopy No. (330) 796-6502 or (330) 796-8836).

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (and for this purpose a notice to the Company shall be deemed to be a notice to each Grantor). All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 7.02. Waivers; Amendment . (a) No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which


given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Collateral Agent and by the Company and each Grantor with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply.

SECTION 7.03. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other First Lien Secured Parties and Second Lien Secured Parties from time to time, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.

SECTION 7.04. Survival of Agreement . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.05. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.06. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7.07. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process . (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal


court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 7.08. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

SECTION 7.09. Specific Performance. Each party hereto (a) agrees that any other party hereto may demand specific performance of this Agreement and (b) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law, and any other defense, that might be asserted in opposition to the awarding of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any other party hereto.

SECTION 7.10. Headings . Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as First

Lien Collateral Agent,

 

by

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

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS, as Second Lien Collateral Agent,

 

By

  /s/ Erin Morrissey
  Name: Erin Morrissey
  Title: Director

 

By

  /s/ Carin Keegan
  Name: Carin Keegan
  Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY,

 

By

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


CELERON CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DAPPER TIRE CO., INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

DIVESTED COMPANIES HOLDING COMPANY,

 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

DIVESTED LITCHFIELD PARK

PROPERTIES, INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Todd M. Tyler
  Name: Todd M. Tyler
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
 

by

  /s/ Randall M. Loyd
  Name: Randall M. Loyd
  Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


GOODYEAR EXPORT INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR FARMS, INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL

CORPORATION,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR WESTERN HEMISPHERE CORPORATION,
 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

WHEEL ASSEMBLIES INC.,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


WINGFOOT COMMERCIAL TIRE

SYSTEMS, LLC,

 

by

  /s/ Scott A. Honnold
  Name: Scott A. Honnold
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

GOODYEAR CANADA INC.,

 

by

  /s/ D.S. Hamilton
  Name: D.S. Hamilton
  Title: President
 

by

  /s/ R.M. Hunter
  Name: R.M. Hunter
  Title: Secretary

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated

Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]


ANNEX I

Provision for Second Lien Credit Agreement

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties referred to therein; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties referred to therein; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; and the subsidiaries of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company named therein (the “Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement”). Each Lender (a) hereby consents to the subordination of the Liens securing the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the First Lien Secured Parties (as defined in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement) to extend credit to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and its subsidiaries, and such First Lien Secured Parties are intended third party beneficiaries of such provisions and the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement.

Provision for Second Lien Security Document

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 19, 2012, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties referred to therein; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent for the Second Lien Secured Parties referred to therein; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; and the subsidiaries of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company named therein (the “Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement”). Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Agreement, the Liens created hereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and, to the extent provided therein, the First Lien Security Documents (as defined in the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement). In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Lenders Lien Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 



EXHIBIT 12.1
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS
(Dollars in millions)
Six Months Ended June 30,
Year Ended December 31,
EARNINGS
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees
$
206

$
599
 
$
(3
)
$
(365
)
$
176

$
436

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of previously capitalized interest
4

9
 
9

8

8

10

Distributed income of equity investees
11

8
 
4

3

3

3

          Total additions
15

17
 
13

11

11

13

Deduct:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capitalized interest
4

31
 
26

14

23

10

Minority interest in pre-tax income of consolidated subsidiaries with no fixed charges
12

9
 
6

4

11

14

  Total deductions
16

40
 
32

18

34

24

TOTAL EARNINGS (LOSS)
$
205

$
576
 
$
(22
)
$
(372
)
$
153

$
425

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIXED CHARGES
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
$
184

$
330
 
$
316

$
311

$
320

$
470

Capitalized interest
4

31
 
26

14

23

10

Amortization of debt discount, premium or expense
7

14
 
14

16

17

26

Interest portion of rental expense (1)
59

118
 
111

105

105

101

Proportionate share of fixed charges of investees accounted for by the equity method
1

1
 
1

1

1

1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL FIXED CHARGES
$
255

$
494
 
$
468

$
447

$
466

$
608

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL EARNINGS BEFORE FIXED CHARGES
$
460

$
1,070
 
$
446

$
75

$
619

$
1,033

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred Dividends
$
15

$
22
 
$ *

$ *

$ *

$ *

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratio of pre-tax income to net income
2.00

1.48
 
     *

     *

     *

     *

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred Dividend Factor
$
30

$
33
 
$ *

$ *

$ *

$ *

Total Fixed Charges
255

494
 
468

447

466

608

TOTAL FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS
$
285

$
527
 
$
468

$
447

$
466

$
608

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
1.80

2.17
 
**

***

1.33

1.70

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS
1.61

2.03
 
**

***

1.33

1.70

*      No preferred stock was outstanding for these periods.
**      Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2010 were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiency was $22 million.
***      Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2009 were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiency was $372 million.

(1) Interest portion of rental expense is estimated to equal 1/3 of such expense, which is considered a reasonable approximation of the interest factor.






EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Richard J. Kramer, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 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.

Date: July 31, 2012
/s/ Richard J. Kramer
 
Richard J. Kramer
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 





EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Darren R. Wells, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 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.

Date: July 31, 2012
/s/ Darren R. Wells
 
Darren R. Wells
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 





EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies with respect to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “10-Q Report”) that to his knowledge:
(1)
the 10-Q Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
the information contained in the 10-Q Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated:
July 31, 2012
/s/ Richard J. Kramer
 
 
 
Richard J. Kramer
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
 
 
 
 
Dated:
July 31, 2012
/s/ Darren R. Wells
 
 
 
Darren R. Wells
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company