EX-10.1 2 mmc0930202410qex_101.htm COMMITMENT LETTER MMC & CITIGROUP Document
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花旗集团全球市场股份有限公司。
388 Greenwich Street
纽约,纽约 10013


2024年9月29日
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
1166 美洲大道
纽约,纽约10036
注意:Mark McGivney,致富金融(临时代码)执行长

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承诺书
女士们,先生们:
马仕兰万公司,一家特拉华州公司(以下简称为“借款人”或“”),已向花旗(如下所定义)(“我们”, “我们” 或“公司”承诺派对)打算收购(收购)直接或间接,购入您先前向我们确认为“牛头犬”的全部流通股(目标)。收购将根据本函日期为日期的合并协议和计划完成(合并协议),由Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC,一家特拉华州有限责任公司,及借款方的全资子公司之间买方”), BD Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (“合并子公司”), the Target and TIH Platform Midco, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. The Acquisition will be effected through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Target (the “合并”), with the Target being the surviving entity in the Merger and continuing (immediately following the Merger) as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower, in accordance with the Merger Agreement. You have also advised the Commitment Party that in connection with the Acquisition, you intend to obtain the 364-day senior unsecured bridge term loan facility (the “Bridge Facility”) described in this Commitment Letter (as defined below) in an aggregate principal amount equal to $7.75 billion (as such amount may be reduced as set forth in the section under the heading “Mandatory Prepayments” in the Summary of Terms and Conditions attached as 展览A 根据此,并参照(以下简称「条款摘要”或“交易条款表」,以及条款摘要,连同本函及本文件的其他展览和附表(以下简称「承诺书」)。未在此作其他定义的大写字词应按照条款摘要所规定的意义解释。「花旗银行「”」指的是可能适当以完成本合约所规划之交易而须参与的花旗集团全球市场有限公司、花旗银行美国、花旗美国公司、花旗北美公司和/或其任何联属公司。
1.    承诺就前述而言,(i) Citi谨此承诺向借款人提供桥式融资本金的100%(Citi,在此能力下,为「初始贷方」),并(ii)Citi谨此承诺担任桥式融资的唯一行政代理(在此能力下,为「行政代理人。」),所有均依据本承诺书及费用函(如下定义)中所载条款,并仅受资金条件限制(如下定义)约束。 Citi很高兴通知您其愿意担任,而您在此同意将Citi聘为唯一首席安排人和唯一主承销商(在此能力下,为「首席安排人」)担任桥式融资的首席安排人,为此,首席安排人将尽商业上合理的努力组成一个

    


银行和金融机构联盟(包括首次贷款人)(统称为「债权人。 ”),并按照第8.2.2条款进行。 第 3 部分 本证明书承诺书和费用证明书,(i)「生效日期」代表贷款文件(如下文所定)的生效日期,应根据「条款前提条件」下「条款表」中所列条款生效,(ii)「资金日期「生效日」指的是完成收购并在银行根据桥梁协议向借款人发放贷款的日期。
除非您和我们书面同意,否则将不会指派其他代理人、共同代理人、安排人或引荐人,也不会授予其他称号。 提供 您可以根据您和我们在此日期之前书面同意的“联合筹划方案”,授予代理人或共同代理人,但不授予首席安排人或引荐人称号,在此日期之后您要求的任何更改,需经首席安排人同意后执行(不得以不合理方式拒绝、条件附加或延迟)(该“联合筹划方案),或任何其他机构,在担保额水准方面与该方担保额的业务银行按联合筹划方案正式联合整理的本金合理态度相当,具有该称号的其他贷款人。该工程通晓并同意花旗将在任何与桥梁融资相关的资讯备忘录和其他营销材料上拥有左及最高的放置权,并将执行与该放置相关联的常规角色和责任,包括为桥梁融资保留唯一的实体帐簿。
2.    融资条件虽然承诺书、费用协议书、衔接设施的正式文件(「贷款文件」)或有关交易(如交易条款中所定义)的任何其他协议或承诺的内容,与可用和资助衔接设施的条件(明示或暗示的)在资金日期上是如下(该等条件,「资金条件”):
(a) 签署和交付贷款文件,其条款应与承诺书一致,并受制于特定基金条款(如下所定义);
(b)其他的资金日期明确设定的资金日期前提条件得到满足(或由大多数承诺方(如下定义)豁免) 附件 B 此处的
在本条款中,“ 多数承诺方” 意指在任何时间,对桥梁融资承诺总额占多于该时间的50%的承诺方集体总持有量; 提供 多数承诺方在任何情况下应包括花旗。
尽管承诺书、费用函、贷款文件或涉及交易的其他协议或其他承诺,无论有任何相反规定,(i) 桥梁设施于资金日期的可用性和资金仅受资金条件控制项的条件(明示或暗示),并且在符合(或经大部分承诺方同意豁免)资金条件时,将提供借款人在桥梁设施下的资金请求,(ii) 只有具备融资条件的特定声明和保证的准确性将作为桥梁设施在资金日期的可用性条件,(iii) 贷款文件条款需构成,使桥梁设施在资金日期的可用性不受损害,如果资金条件得以满足(或被大部分承诺方豁免)。特定陈述在此文中,“”指(a)目标方就目标和其子公司在合并协议中所作的对贷方利益有重要性的陈述和保证,但仅就借款人(或其子公司或联属公司)有权终止合约。
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由于违反合并协议中的声明和保证而导致合并协议中的声明和保证而拒绝完成收购(」指定合并协议陈述」) 及 (b) 借款人在贷款文件中的声明和担保有关 (1) 借款人的公司或其他组织存在,(2) 借款人的企业权力和权力,(3) 贷款文件对借款人的可执行性,(4) 贷款文件的适当授权、执行和交付贷款文件,(5) 贷款文件的执行和交付不冲突附有 (x) 借款人的组织文件或 (y) 任何协议或证明借款人借款金额超过 150,000,000 美元的本金或承诺金额负债的文件(为交易而定)、(6) 联储保证金规定、(7) 投资公司法案状况、(8) 使用未违反制裁(包括 OFAC)和反贪法(包括 FCPA)或 PATRIOT 法,以及 (9) 根据贷款文件而未发生违约事件的事件 (x) 借款人破产或 (y) 未支付借款人应付任何费用(如指明)在学期表或收费信中,如有需要缴付的情况下)(」指定信用协议陈述」)。本段将被称为」部分资金供应.”
3.    联合。主要安排人保留权利,在融资日期前或之后,将初始贷款人根据本条款有关桥接设施所承诺的全部或部分承诺分配给一个或多个潜在贷款人; 提供 选择贷款人及在该等贷款人之间的承诺分配须取得您的同意(该同意,在本条款日期 60 天或之后开始的期间内,不得不得不合理地拒绝、受条件或延迟)(同意您同意(x)将桥接设施有关的承诺合并转让给联合计划中的金融机构和贷款人(与任何联合计划)您在本文日期之后要求的更改,但在主要安排人同意该等更改的情况下(不适用于不合理地拒绝、受条件或延迟))及 (y) 向上述内容所述的贷款人分配承诺 句子 (x) (“主题贷款人」) 根据联合计划中规定,或在本协议日期后 60 天之后,如果并且在未达成成功合并(如费用信中定义)的情况下,向主要安排人与您另行决定的分配给主体贷款人(您同意的每个潜在贷款人,a」认可贷款人”); 提供 尽管首席安排人有权合并桥接设施并接受有关的承诺,但初始贷款人不得免除、释放或重新承担其下的义务(包括其在资助日期根据其下条款下的承诺资助)与桥接设施的任何合并、转让或参与之相关的责任(包括其在资助日期根据其下的承诺提供资金)之全额资助(或较低金额为以下的金额为止)由借款人以书面要求) 的桥梁在融资日期的便利,除非根据 (a) 贷款文件所证明的有效转让,但贷款人是认可贷款人的承诺范围外,在这种情况下的初始贷款人的承诺将由该批准贷款人的承诺减少美元兑美元或 (b) 您和我们所签署的本承诺信的惯常联合或修订,或修改或重新陈述(任何)此类合并、修订或修订及重新陈述,a」连接器」) 根据该等条款,认可贷款人同意成为本承诺信的一方,并根据本文所述的条款直接向您延长承诺(在这种情况下,初始贷款人的承诺将由该认可贷款人的承诺按美元减少),并且为了避免任何疑问,不得对桥接设施的可用性增加任何条件,增加您支付的赔偿或修改以技术修改以外的任何方式承诺信为实施增加该等认可贷款人的必要性; 提供 进一步 该条款的各方
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应该善意合作,立即在所有已确定的批准贷方按照本协议的条款进入并同意参与这样一个接合文件。
在不限制阁下在本文所述协助合资工作方面的义务之外,原始贷款人在本条文下的承诺并不需要联合或收到有关桥接设施的承诺,以及成功完成桥接设施的合资,不会构成桥接设施在融资日期可用的条件。主要安排人打算在您接受本承诺信和收费信后立即开始联合桥梁设施。直至 (i) 成功合并发行的日期以及 (ii) 资助日后的 60 天(」联合发行日期」),阁下同意主动协助,并采取商业合理的努力,使目标(在与合并协议一致且不违反合并协议的范围内)积极协助主管安排商实现桥接设施合理人和您合理满意的合理性(受第一段规定的程序和您的权利约束) 第三节 此处)。此类协助应包括您 (a) 协助准备机密资料备忘录和其他惯用的行销材料,以便与桥接设施合并相关使用(统称「条款摘要」,资讯材料」)、(b) 采取商业合理的努力,确保主要安排人的合资努力从您现有的银行关系中获得实质利益,以及在与合并协议一致且不违反目标现有银行关系的范围内,(c) 您尽商业合理的努力在本条日后尽快获得贷款人的长期非高级人士评级穆迪投资者服务有限公司的抵押债务(」穆迪」),标准普尔金融服务有限公司(」标普」) 及惠誉评级股份有限公司(」惠誉」) 及 (d) 让您的高级人员及部分顾问,并采取商业合理的努力,使目标的高级人员和部分顾问(在与合并协议一致且不违反合并协议的范围内)在一次电话会议上出席和就借款人及其附属公司的业务和前景进行简报(或者,如果主要安排人认为合理必要的情况下,更多潜在贷款人的电话会议),在未来的时间或时间共同同意。
您进一步同意,直到联合发行日期之前,您和您的子公司不会(并且您不会采取商业合理的努力(在合并协议一致且不违反合并协议的范围内)确保目标及其附属公司不会承担、发行、公布、发售、置售或安排借款人、目标或其任何债务或股权(或股权挂钩)证券或任何联合信贷设施各自的附属公司,在每个情况下,合理预期会有重大损害主要公司桥接设施的合并发行(即 (i) 任何合资格定期贷款机构(如条款摘要中所定义)、(ii) 发行高级债券(如条款摘要中定义)、(iii) 根据截至 2023 年 10 月 11 日之修订及重新订的五年信贷协议(在本日期前修订、重新修订、修订及重新整理、豁免、补充或以其他方式修改)或者,」现有循环信贷协议」) 在借款人中,英国私人有限公司康宝控股有限公司及其指定附属公司(作为借款人)、贷款人及发行银行,以及花旗银行作为行政代理人,以及对现有循环信贷协议或其再融资或更换的任何修订、重新陈述、补充或其他修改,每种情况下(x)增加总额承诺金额不超过 3,500,000,000 美元(加上累计和未付利息及其任何保费以及折扣、费用、佣金和费用)和 (y) 与花旗合理协调进行(理解并同意,本条件的规定已明白并同意 句子 (y) 如果花旗获得管理通讯的机会,则将被视为满意。
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有关任何此类再融资或更换的联合,(iv)正常程序购买货款和设备融资和资本租赁,(v) 根据正常程序的营运资本、信用证或透支额度借款,(vi)发行商业票据,(vii)总额不超过1.5亿美元的其他债务,(viii)目标公司及其子公司的任何债务不得违反并购协议的规定(包括在此之后征得您或任何从属方同意作出的任何此类负债的效应下存在的没有适当征得您或您的任何从属方同意而需要根据并购协议条款征得您或您的任何从属方同意的情况),以及 (ix)任何联合安排机构同意的任何其他融资,前述情况中的每种情况 款(i) 到 (ix),不会被视为严重影响桥梁融资的主要铺设。
尽管《承诺函》或《费用函》中包含的任何相反规定,您无需提供任何资讯,如果提供该资讯会违反律师客户特权、法律、规则或法规,或者违反对您、标的企业和/或您或其各自的联属公司具约束力的任何保密义务; 提供 您应当已商业上合理的努力(就标的企业或其联属公司受拘束之各项义务而言,需一致而不违反《合并协议》之程度)来取得相关机构对机密义务的同意,以允许提供该等资讯,并在合理可行且不受适用法律、规则或法规禁止的情况下,通知我们由于上述保密义务而未提供的资讯;以及(B)所需的基本报表 附件B 乃本文所需连接桥接资金贷款协议所需之唯一基本报表。
据了解和同意,牵头安排人将与您一同管理所有板块的撮合事宜,包括在选择潜在的核准贷款人以及向拟议的核准贷款人提供任何标的时做出决定,何时接受承诺以及最终将承诺分配给已核准贷款人; 提供 核准贷款人的选择和承诺的分配将受制于本文第一段中所述的程序和您的权利。 第 3 部分 本文理解,在参与桥接设施的贷款人将不会从您那里获得补偿以获得其承诺,除非在此记载的条款、条款摘要和费用信函中。
4.    信息。您声明并保证(在每种情况下,根据您对目标及其附属公司的知识)(a)有关借款人及其子公司的所有财务预测,以后由您或任何您的代表(代表您)与交易有关提供给承诺方提供的所有财务预测(」投影」) 已经或将根据您当时认为合理的假设以诚信准备(理解,预测存在重大的不确定性和应变,其中许多都超出您控制的,预测性质上本质不确定,并没有提供保证预测中反映的结果可能会实现,并且该等期间内的实际结果可能与预测涵盖的期间或期间有所不同。预测结果及此类差异可能是重要) 及 (b) 阁下或阁下的任何代表(代表阁下)与交易有关的预测和一般行业性质的资料以外的所有书面资料(以下简称)提供给承诺方(」信息」),整体而言,是或将(截至公布的日期)在所有重大方面都是正确的,并且不会或不会(截至公布的日期)包含任何有关重要事实的不真实陈述,或忽略说明该等声明所需的重要事实所需的重要事实,整体而不会因该等声明发出的情况而不具实质误导性(在实施其所有补充和更新后)不时)。如果在任何时间从本条款日期到融资日期和联合发售日期之后的任何时间,任何声明和保证
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如果在提供资讯或预测的情况下,上述句子中包含的陈述和担保,其内容在当时将不完全正确,则您同意(对于关于标的及其附属公司的资讯,应尽商业上合理的努力,尽量与并购协议一致并不违反该协议,以)及时补充,或促使他人补充,不时更新资讯或预测,以使本段中的陈述和担保在该些情况下仍然在所有重大方面正确。在发出此承诺并筹划及筹措桥接融资时,承诺方将使用并依赖于这些资讯,而不对其进行独立核实,并不承担对资讯的准确性或完整性的责任。在不减少您根据本段的义务的前提下,您应理解,在此桥接融资协议书中,初步贷款人关于桥接融资方面的承诺并不取决于本段中的陈述、担保和契约的准确性或您的遵守。尽管有前述规定或本文中的任何相反之处,但未违背此承诺函或确定的贷款文件的任何规定,不应要求您向我们提供涵盖自此日起超过两(2)年的预测。
您确认,贵方代表的承诺方将通过在Syndtrak、IntraLinks或其他类似的电子系统上张贴信息材料,向拟议的贷方联盟提供信息材料。关于桥接设施的联合融资,除非本文各方另有书面协议,您无义务提供适合分发给任何潜在贷方(每位“公众贷方”)的信息材料,这些潜在贷方有不希望接收与借款人或其关联方、目标或其关联方,或任何前述方面的证券相关的非公开信息(根据美国联邦证券法的含义,“非公开信息”)。在将信息材料分发给潜在贷方之前,您应向我们提供一份惯例授权函,授权相关人员进行相关信息的传播,其机密承诺应符合您的要求(据理解并同意,(i)我们为潜在贷方透过Syndtrak(或其他类似的电子系统)提供访问与桥接设施相关的信息和其他材料的通常程序,以及与此相关的应由潜在贷方接受的机密条款等均符合您的要求,以实现此目的; 您的目的毫无疑问地,桥接设施和相关联合融资和营销材料的内容在接受方使用时,信息材料将使我们、您、目标及我们、您及目标各自的关联方免责不负相关责任)。公众贷方美国联邦证券法中指的非公开信息MNPI 代表根据《交易所法》制定的FD法规所规定的重要非公开信息,在任何情况下均应包括根据第2(c)条收到的通知以及通知中包含的信息。 提供 该机密条款对您不应比本处所含条款不利,并且信息材料将使我们、您、目标及我们、您及目标各自的关联方免责不负与信息材料的内容或相关联合融资和营销材料的使用相关的任何责任。
5.    收费、费用、赔偿及责任限制您同意支付或致使支付与本承诺信函有关的独立费用信函所载的费用,该独立费用信函写明了本日与您直接相关的日期(「费用信函」)。此外,通过签署本承诺信函,您同意无论资金到期日是否发生,向承诺方随时按需支付与桥梁融资、其合并及贷款文件准备相关的所有合理并有文件记录的从车前费用和支出(在律师费、杂项支出及其他费用的情况下,仅限于承诺方的一名律师的合理并有文件记录的从车前费用、杂项支出及其他费用,如有合理必要,在任何相关重要管辖区域的一名当地律师,且仅在实际或潜在利益冲突的情况下,一名额外律师(如有合理必要,在任何相关重要管辖区域的额外当地律师)的支出)费用”).
您同意赔偿并使Commitment Party及其联属公司、控制人、继受人及其各自的董事、经理、员工、代理商免受损害。
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顾问(每个,一个」受赔偿的一方」) 所有索赔、损失、损失、责任和费用(如律师的费用、支付费用和费用)(如律师的费用、支付费用和费用,仅限于一名律师向所有赔偿方向所有赔偿方面的合理和文件证明的本地费用、支付和其他费用(如果合理需要,则包括任何相关重要和司法管辖区的一位本地律师,仅在实际或潜在利益冲突的情况下,另外一名律师(以及在合理的情况下)必要,在任何相关重大司法管辖区的附加一名当地律师)为所有受影响的受赔偿方共同)) 可能对任何受赔偿一方产生或判决的,因 (a) 本承诺信、费用信函、合并协议或任何交易或 (b) 桥接设施而引起或有关的每个案件,除非该等索赔、损失、损失、责任或费用在最终结案中发生的范围除外由 (i) 该受赔偿当事人或任何其中一项因素而引致的有权管辖法院的可判决其相关人士(如下所定义)的不诚信、严重疏忽或故意行为、(ii) 该受偿方或其任何关联人士严重违反本承诺信下的义务,或 (iii) 仅在受赔偿方之间之间的任何争议(不是因您或您的任何附属公司的任何行为或遗漏而引起的),除其身份对受赔偿方的索赔以外履行其作为桥梁设施中的代理人、帐簿管理人、安排人员或任何其他类似角色。如果发生调查、诉讼或程序而适用于本段所述的赔偿(上述任何一项,a」正在进行」),无论您、您的股权持有人或债权人、目标、其附属公司或任何其他第三方或受赔偿一方提出该程序,无论受偿一方是否提出该程序,以及此计划的交易是否完成,该等赔偿都有效。对未经您事先书面同意进行的任何程序进行的解决,您概不负责,但如果您事先得到的书面同意(同意不得不得不合理的拒绝、延迟或条件)或任何该程序中有最终判决,您同意在上述范围和方式赔偿每一方免责。
您亦同意,承诺方及其关联公司、控制人、继受人及其各自的高级职员、董事、员工、代理人和顾问(下称“已释放方”)根据本承诺书,对您或您的子公司概不负责(无论是直接还是间接,在合同或侵权或其他方面),除非根据主管司法裁判庭的最终、不可上诉的判决,按照您和他们的直接而非特别的、间接的、后果性的或惩罚性赔偿金额,因(i) 任何此被豁免人或其任何相关人士的恶意、重大过失或恶意行为,或(ii) 此被豁免人或其任何相关人士违反本承诺书条款所造成。尽管本承诺书的其他规定,任何被豁免人不应对其他人透过电子传讯或其他信息变换系统获取的资讯或其他材料所造成的任何损失负责,除非因(i) 任何被豁免人或其任何相关人士的恶意、重大过失或恶意行为,或(ii) 此被豁免人或其任何相关人士违反本承诺书条款所造成,每种情况由主管司法裁判庭最终且不可上诉的判决确定。您对我方或任何被豁免人不负责任何特殊的、间接的、后果性的或惩罚性赔偿,与承诺书、费用协议、桥梁融资、其所得款项的使用、交易或任何相关交易有关; 提供 这句话不应限制贵方根据前段所列任何赔偿义务。
就本协议而言,“应受赔偿方或释放方”指的是(a) 任何操控人、受操控联属公司或附属公司,(b) 应受赔偿方或释放方相应的董事、高级主管或雇员,或其任何子公司、受操控联属公司或操控者相关人士联属公司、操控者
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6.    保密, 其他义务, 杂项。本承诺信及收费信及其内容均为机密,未经我们事先书面同意,未经本公司事先书面同意,不得全部或部分向任何人士或实体披露; 提供, 然而我们明白并同意,您可以 (i) 在司法或行政诉讼中强制或法律规定或政府机关要求披露本承诺书和收费信(在这种情况下,您同意在适用法律允许的范围内立即通知我们),(ii) 向您和您的附属公司各自的主任、董事、员工、会计师、律师、公开本承诺信和费用信。以及直接参与研究这项事宜的顾问,(iii) 在向证券交易监察委员会及其他适用监管机构及证券交易所的申报表中披露本承诺信,但不会披露本承诺信,但不会向目标及其股东及其各职员、董事、会计师、律师及其他专业顾问披露本承诺信,但不会披露本承诺信,但不会向目标及其他股东及其各职员、董事、会计师、律师及其他专业顾问,以机密性及需要知道有关交易的费用信息,(v))在部分范围内其已按照我们合理同意的惯常方式修改收费信,以机密和需要知道的基础向目标及其股东及其各主任、董事、会计师、律师和其他专业顾问披露收费信;(vi) 在您接受本承诺信和收费信后,披露根据收费信(但不是费用信本身)所需的总费用,以一般披露任何机密资料所包含的综合来源和用途资料备忘录或其他市场推广有关交易的材料或公开文件,(vii) 以机密方式向任何评级机构披露承诺信;(viii) 在阁下接受本条款后,向潜在贷款人披露本承诺信(但不是收费信),如有意见,与我们协调。 第三节 以上及 (ix) 披露承诺书及费用信函及有关本承诺书、收费信或本文所拟交易或执行本条款及其执行有关的任何诉讼、行动或程序有关的承诺书及收费信; 提供 上述限制将于本承诺信终止后两 (2) 年,根据本承诺信终止后两 (2) 年的日期,就本承诺信的存在及内容(但不对收费信及其费用及内容)停止适用。尽管本文有任何相反的内容,您仍有授权(但不限于任何形式)向任何人披露有关此计划的交易的「税务待遇」和「税收结构」(如财政规例第 1.6011-4 (c) 条所定义),以及提供给您有关该处理和结构的任何形式材料(包括税务意见和其他税务分析)。我们特此通知您,根据《美国爱国人法》(酒吧第三章)的要求。第 107-56 号法律(二零零一年十月二十六日签署成法律)(」法案」) 以及《基金法规》第三十一条第 1010.230 条的规定 (「」)实惠所有权条例」),我们每个人都需要获取、验证和记录可识别您的信息,这些信息包括您的姓名和地址以及其他可让我们根据法案和实益所有权条例识别您的信息。
您承认承诺方或其联系公司可能向与您可能存在利益冲突的方提供融资或其他服务。承诺方同意不向其其他客户提供从您处取得的机密信息,并将与您及您的联系公司相关的机密信息同对待其自身的机密信息一样谨慎处理。承诺方进一步告知您,将不会向您提供从任何其他客户处获得或可能获得的机密信息。
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您确认,承诺方目前正作为现有循环信贷协议的行政代理和贷方,借款人及其相关联企业根据与承诺方或其任何相关公司(包括现有循环信贷协议)签订的任何其他协议的权利和义务,现有或将来时间内,均为独立且独立于根据本承诺书各方的权利和义务,而这些其他协议下的任何权利和义务,均不会受承诺方在此处所提供的服务的履行或不履行的影响。
关于此承诺函和费用函所预订之所有交易方面,您承认并同意,并承认您子公司的理解,即:(a) (i) 有关桥梁融资方案在此所述的安排、结构协助和其他服务,属于您及您子公司,一方,与承诺方,另一方之间的双方独立商业交易,(ii) 您已就您认为适当的程度咨询了您自己的法律、会计、监管和税务顾问,并(iii) 您能够评估并了解并接受此处所预订之融资交易的条款、风险和条件;(b) 承诺方已经、正在并将会完全作为独立的当事人行事,除非相关方案另有书面协议,否则承诺方并未、不存在及不会作为您、任何关联公司或任何其他人或实体的顾问、代理人或受托人;及 (c) 承诺方及其联属公司可能参与涉及与您及您关联公司的利益不同的广泛范围交易,承诺方无义务向您或您的关联公司披露任何此类利益。在法律所允许的最大范围内,您特此放弃并豁免您可能对承诺方在与本承诺函所预订之任何交易的任何方面涉及的代理或受托责任违反或被指称违反之任何索赔。
另外,请注意,由借款人委托花旗提供特定服务,包括就收购进行公平意见的发布。 本协议各方同意不提出任何声称,他们可能根据花旗参与提供此类服务一方面引起的实际或潜在利益冲突,另一方面,花旗与本协议各方在此处描述和参考的关系,以及就相关金融交易所作的其他融资交易。
本承诺书和费用函应受纽约州法律管辖,并依据该法律解释。 提供 尽管前述相反之处,但各方明确同意:如就Merger Agreement中Target及其附属公司所作的任何陈述和保证的准确性,以及由于任何不准确而使您(或贵公司的附属公司或联属公司)有权根据Merger Agreement终止您(或其)在Merger Agreement下的义务,或拒绝完成Acquisition,或关于是否Acquisition已按照Merger Agreement的条款完成,或对Material Adverse Effect(在Merger Agreement中定义)的解释,以及是否发生了Material Adverse Effect(在Merger Agreement中定义)等事宜做出决定,则这些事宜在各方同意下均应受特拉华州的Laws(在Merger Agreement中定义)管辖并依据其解释,而不论可能根据适用的法律冲突原则下其他应受管辖的法律为何。各方均谨此不可撤回地放弃在涉及本承诺书、费用函、本承诺书所预定的交易及其所涉及的行为或承诺方在此谈判、履行或执行中引起的事项的任何诉讼、行动或反诉(无论基于合同、侵权或其他事由)中要求以陪审团审理的任何权利。针对任何因本承诺书产生的诉讼、行动或程序,
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信贷函、本函及即行计划的交易或承诺方在此谈判、履行或执行时,各方特此不可撤回且无条件地递交予设于曼哈顿区的任何州或联邦法院的专属管辖权,并且不可撤回且无条件地放弃就在该法院提起之该等诉讼、行动或诉讼程序的管辖权当所提起的任何异议以及提出该等诉讼、行动或诉讼程序是在一个方便的论坛中。各方特此同意以邮政挂号信函送达给你或我们的任何程序、传票、通知或文件均视为针对涉及任何该等争议的任何诉讼或程序对该方的有效递送。任何该等诉讼或程序中的终局判决可在具有就你或承诺方的管辖权的其他任何法院中执行。
本条款的规定。 第3节, 4, 56 即使未签署及交付贷款文件,或并不论此承诺信函的终止或承诺方在此承诺信函下的承诺或保证之内容,本承诺信函仍然保持全面有效。 提供 即(i) 第3节4 如借款文件尚未订立,本承诺书即告解除;本承诺书之费用返还和赔偿责任将自动被正式借款文件相应条款所取代,该等条款如已包括在内。
承诺方应使用其收到与交易有关的所有资料(」机密资讯」) 仅用于提供本承诺信的主旨的服务,并同意保持机密信息的保密性,并不公布、披露或以其他方式披露该等信息,除非机密信息可能会被披露 (a) 给其附属公司及其附属公司的各自合作伙伴、董事、官员、员工、受托人、顾问和代理人(理解该等披露的人士将被告知此类机密的机密性质资料及指示保密该等机密资料)、(b) 在任何监管机关(包括任何自我监管机关)要求的范围内,承诺方同意在合理可行的范围且不受适用法律、规则、规例或命令禁止的情况下,立即通知您有关披露,(c) 在适用法律、规则或法规或任何传票或命令或类似法律程序所要求的范围内(如果承诺方在不禁止的范围内同意适用法律、规则、规例或命令,即时通知您有关披露)、(d) 在执行本文所述的服务和完成此拟的交易有关,向任何信息材料中列明的保密协议的任何潜在贷款人,(e) 向任何交换或衍生工具交易的潜在对手,但受资讯材料所列明的保密协议或其他方面对您不低于本条款,(f) 与行使有关有关本承诺书、费用信函、桥接设施或执行权利的任何诉讼、行动或程序,(g) 获得借款人事先书面同意,(h) 取得 CUSIP 号码和市场数据收集者、贷款业类似服务供应商,以及与桥接设施的管理和管理有关的主要安排人和贷款人的服务供应商有关的服务供应商(i)) 用于建立「尽职调查」辩护,或 (j) 在范围内此类机密资讯 (x) 在违反本条款之外,除非因违反本条款而公开,或 (y) 从您(或您的代表)以外的来源供承诺方获得,而承诺方不受您或您的任何子公司所承担保密或信托义务,而该等机密资讯可供公开使用。尽管有上述规定,承诺方不需要就任何对承诺方有管辖权的政府机构或审查人或监管机构对承诺方对承诺方进行任何监管审查有关的任何允许披露提供通知。本段的条文将自动终止于 (i) 日期之前
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贷款文件于签署时发挥作用(届时其中的保密条款将发挥作用),以及自本承诺信函日期起两年后。
本承诺函和费用函可以分别签署,合在一起构成一份原本。通过传真机、传真或其他电子方式(例如电子邮件以“pdf”、“tif”或docusign格式)或符合2000年美国电子签名法或纽约电子签名及记录法的任何电子对应件发送的本承诺函或费用函,均有效作为手动签署对应文件的发送。
本承诺函(包括此处的附件)和费用函,体现了承诺方、您和您的联属公司关于桥梁设施的整个协议和理解,并取代了所有先前涉及特定事项的协议和理解。 这些未被涵盖或澄清在此或条款摘要或费用函中的事项,应根据双方的共同协议。 未经承诺方授权许可,任何一方均不得进行任何与本承诺函不一致的口头或书面声明。 本承诺函仅旨在为当事方及根据此文明确提供的那些被保护当事方的利益而设立。 除非由承诺方和您签署的书面文件明确规定,否则本承诺函不得修改或放弃其任何条款,或是进行任何修改。 本承诺函不得由任何当事方转让(我们作为明确在本承诺函中提及的,根据您和我们执行的加入书所构成的转让,应除外)而不经其他当事方的书面事先同意(任何此类转让,除非符合本句所述前置括号中提及规定,未经同意即为无效)。 第 3 部分 本承诺函(包括此处的附件)和费用函,体现了承诺方、您和您的联属公司关于桥梁设施的整个协议和理解,并取代了所有先前涉及特定事项的协议和理解。 这些未被涵盖或澄清在此或条款摘要或费用函中的事项,应根据双方的共同协议。 未经承诺方授权许可,任何一方均不得进行任何与本承诺函不一致的口头或书面声明。 本承诺函仅旨在为当事方及根据此文明确提供的那些被保护当事方的利益而设立。 除非由承诺方和您签署的书面文件明确规定,否则本承诺函不得修改或放弃其任何条款,或是进行任何修改。 本承诺函不得由任何当事方转让(我们作为明确在本承诺函中提及的,根据您和我们执行的加入书所构成的转让,应除外)而不经其他当事方的书面事先同意(任何此类转让,除非符合本句所述前置括号中提及规定,未经同意即为无效)。
本合同书对各方均具约束力且可强制执行(受破产、无力偿债、欺诈转移、欺诈让与、重组以及其他涉及或影响债权人权利一般及一般公平原则法律之影响)有关本文件所载主题的协议,包括本各方将就贷款文件善意协商的协议,且即已确认并同意桥梁设施资金仅受至资金条件满足(或受到绝大多数承诺方豁免)的条件所限,并且本合同书内容中不含任何条款强制您或任何您的联属公司完成收购或动用桥梁设施的任何部分。此外,您有权随时以书面通知签约引导安排人,全面或部分减少此处之承诺。
本承诺书及承诺人根据本承诺书的所有承诺和承诺将于2024年9月29日纽约市时间晚上11:59过期,除非您在该时间之前执行本承诺书和费用函并将其退回给我们(可以通过传真传输或其他电子方式(如通过电子邮件以“pdf”或“tif”格式)),届时本承诺书(包括条款摘要)和费用函(每份可分开签署)将成为约束性协议。此后,根据本承诺书的所有承诺和承诺将在以下最早的日期到期:(i)在“最后日期”之后五个(5)个工作日的日期(“最后日期”在现行并购协议中定义,根据并购协议的现行生效条款,在此后的日期经过每次延长);(ii)未使用桥梁融资完成收购的日期;(iii)按照其条款由您书面终止并购协议的日期。
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(iv) 借款人独自决定选择以书面形式终止与首席安排人之间的承诺函,以及 (v) 生效日期。
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我们很高兴有机会与您合作,就这项重要的融资事宜。
您真诚的,

花旗集团全球市场股份有限公司。


由:    
/s/ 莫琳·玛罗尼    
    名称:    莫琳·玛罗尼
    职称:    董事总经理

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接受并同意
截止首次撰写之日期为止:

MARSH&MCLENNAN公司,INC。


由:    
/s/ 马克·C·麦吉文尼
姓名: 马克·C·麦吉文尼
职称: 高级副总裁兼致富金融(临时代码)

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展览A
BULLDOG项目
77.5亿美元364天桥梁贷款安排
条款和条件摘要
未在本文中另有定义的大写词语,其含义与所附之承诺书中指定的相同。
借款人:
马仕兰万公司,一家特拉华州公司(以下简称为“借款人”).
交易:
借款人打算根据今日的并购协议和计划,直接或间接收购您先前向我们识别为“Bulldog”的公司“目标合并 协议),由Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC,一家特拉华州有限责任公司,及借款方的全资子公司之间买方”), BD Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (“合并子公司」,由本日生效的并购协议所规定的汇总现金代价,以及依照并购协议要求由借款人或其关联企业支付的任何其他金额(以下简称为并购代价」。为完成该项并购,借款人打算(i)取得桥梁设施,(ii)支付并购代价,并(iii)支付因上述事项而产生的费用、成本和开支。预计桥梁设施的部分或全部将于资金融通日期或之前被下列方法之一或多者替换或资金融通日期后由下列方法之一或多者加以再融资:(i)透过一个或多个公开发行或私人配售而由借款人发行一个或多个系列的高级无抵押票据优先票据”)及(ii)借款人及其附属公司的手头现金。
前段所述交易,以下统称为「Transactions”.
行政代理:
花旗将作为贷方的唯一行政代理(在此称为「行政代理人。”).
首席安排人和签约经销商:
花旗将担任桥接资金的唯一主承办人和唯一承销商(即“首席安排人”).
贷方:
由主承办人依据承诺书安排的一组银行和其他金融机构(包括初始贷方)(统称为“债权人。”).
    


Facility:
An $7.75 billion 364-day senior unsecured bridge term loan facility (as such amount may be reduced as set forth in the section under the heading “Mandatory Prepayments” below) (the “Bridge Facility”).
Purpose:The proceeds of the Bridge Facility shall be used by the Borrower to (i) finance all or a portion of the Acquisition Consideration and (ii) pay fees, costs and expenses related to the Transactions.
Availability:The Bridge Facility shall be available in a single drawing on the Funding Date.
Interest Rates and Fees:
As set forth in Schedule I.
Maturity:The Bridge Facility will mature on the date that is 364 days after the Funding Date.
Amortization:None.
Optional Prepayments and Commitment Reductions:The Borrower may in its sole discretion prepay the Bridge Facility in whole or in part and, if the Bridge Facility is paid in whole, terminate the Loan Documentation, at any time without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Lenders’ breakage and redeployment costs in the case of prepayment of SOFR borrowings. The commitments under the Bridge Facility may be reduced permanently or terminated by the Borrower at any time without penalty. Optional prepayments and commitment reductions shall be applied ratably to the commitments or loans, as applicable, of each Lender.
Mandatory Prepayments:
The following amounts shall be applied to prepay the loans outstanding under the Bridge Facility within three (3) business days of receipt of such amounts (and, prior to the Funding Date, the commitments under the Bridge Facility, pursuant to the Commitment Letter or Loan Documentation (as applicable), shall be automatically and permanently reduced by such amounts) (it being understood that amounts set forth in clause (a) below shall only be required to be applied to reduce commitments under the Bridge Facility prior to the Funding Date and shall not result in any mandatory prepayment of loans thereafter):
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(a)    100.0% of the committed amount of any Qualifying Term Loan Facility (as defined below) entered into for the purpose of financing the Transactions (such reduction to occur automatically upon the later of (x) the effectiveness of definitive documentation for such term loan credit facility and (y) the receipt by the Lead Arranger of a notice from the Borrower that such term loan credit facility constitutes a Qualifying Term Loan Facility);
(b)    100.0% of the Net Cash Proceeds (as defined below) from the incurrence of debt for borrowed money by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries (excluding (i) intercompany debt of such entities, (ii) borrowings under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement and any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement or refinancing or any revolving facility in replacement thereof in an amount up to $3,500,000,000 (plus accrued and unpaid interest and any premium thereon and discounts, fees, commissions and expenses), (iii) any borrowings under ordinary course working capital, letter of credit or overdraft facilities, (iv) issuances of commercial paper, (v) indebtedness with respect to capital leases or purchase money or equipment financings incurred in the ordinary course of business, (vi) any debt the net proceeds of which are to be applied to repay, redeem or otherwise refinance any debt of the Borrower and/or its subsidiaries within twelve months of the maturity thereof, and in each case to pay any fees or other amounts in respect of or otherwise in connection therewith, (vii) other debt (other than the Senior Notes) in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate and (viii) any Qualifying Term Loan Facility that has reduced commitments under the Bridge Facility pursuant to clause (a) above);
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(c)    100.0% of the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of any equity interests by the Borrower (other than (i) issuances pursuant to employee stock plans or other benefit or employee incentive arrangements, (ii) equity interests issued or transferred as consideration in connection with any acquisition, (iii) equity interests generating Net Cash Proceeds in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000); and
(d)    100.0% of the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale or other disposition of assets of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries outside the ordinary course of business (including issuances of stock by the Borrower’s subsidiaries) (except for (i) asset sales (including issuances of stock by the Borrower’s subsidiaries) between or among such entities, (ii) sales or other dispositions of marketable securities and public equity securities and (iii) asset sales (including issuances of stock by the Borrower’s subsidiaries), the net cash proceeds of which do not exceed $25,000,000 in any single transaction or related series of transactions or $150,000,000 in the aggregate), to the extent that such proceeds are not reinvested (or committed to be reinvested) in the business of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries within twelve (12) months following receipt thereof.
Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, the cash (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall include cash equivalents) proceeds actually received by the Borrower or its domestic subsidiaries in respect of such event, including any cash received in respect of any noncash proceeds, but only as and when received, net of the sum, without duplication, of (i) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with such event by the Borrower and its subsidiaries, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of an asset, the amount of all payments required to be made by the Borrower and its subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay debt for borrowed money secured by such asset and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Borrower and its subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by the Borrower and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or other applicable accounting standards to fund any purchase price adjustment, indemnification and similar contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to the occurrence of such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Borrower); provided that if the amount of such reserves exceeds the amounts charged against such reserve, then such excess, upon determination thereof, shall then constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
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Qualifying Term Loan Facility” shall mean a term loan facility entered into by the Borrower for the purpose of financing the Transactions (i) that is subject to conditions precedent to funding that are no more restrictive and no less favorable to the Borrower than the conditions set forth herein to the funding of the Bridge Facility and (ii) the enforcement and remedial provisions of which are not materially less favorable to the Borrower as compared to the enforcement and remedial provisions hereunder, in each case as determined by the Borrower in its reasonable discretion.
The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any commitment reduction or prepayment required pursuant to this section or of having entered into a Qualifying Term Loan Facility.
Amounts prepaid pursuant to any mandatory prepayment of the loans may not be re-borrowed.
Commitment Termination:The commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility will terminate in their entirety automatically upon the funding of the entire amount (or such lesser amount as is requested by the Borrower in writing) of the Bridge Facility on the Funding Date. In addition, (i) at any time after the Effective Date and prior to the Funding Date, the Borrower shall have the right to terminate commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility in whole or in part in its sole discretion and (ii) the commitments of the Lenders will expire on the earliest of (A) the date that is five (5) business days after the “Outside Date” (as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, after giving effect to each extension thereof in accordance with the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, (B) the consummation of the Acquisition without the use of the Bridge Facility and (C) the date of the termination of the Merger Agreement by the Borrower in writing in accordance with its terms.
Collateral:None.
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness:The effectiveness of the Loan Documentation on the Effective Date will be subject solely to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (subject to the Certain Funds Provision):
(i)    the execution and delivery of the Loan Documentation by the parties thereto, on terms consistent with the Commitment Letter and subject to the Certain Funds Provision; and
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(ii)    the Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) business days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information relating to the Borrower (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the Target or its subsidiaries) that has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the Effective Date by the Administrative Agent on behalf of any such Lender that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act.
The occurrence of the Effective Date shall be confirmed by a written notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on the Effective Date and shall be conclusive evidence of the occurrence thereof.
Conditions Precedent to Funding:
The loans under the Bridge Facility shall be available on the date (the “Funding Date”) on which the Funding Conditions are satisfied or waived.
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Certain Funds Period:
In the event the Loan Documentation is entered into prior to the Funding Date, then during the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the funding of the Bridge Facility on the Funding Date (the “Certain Funds Period”), and notwithstanding (i) that any representation made on the Effective Date (excluding the Specified Representations made on the Funding Date to the extent constituting Funding Conditions) was incorrect, (ii) any failure by the Borrower to comply with the affirmative covenants, negative covenants and/or financial covenants, (iii) any provision to the contrary in the Loan Documentation or otherwise or (iv) that any condition to the occurrence of the Effective Date may subsequently be determined not to have been satisfied, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be entitled to (1) cancel or reduce any of its commitments under the Bridge Facility (except as set forth in “Mandatory Prepayments” above), (2) rescind, terminate or cancel the Loan Documentation or exercise any right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the Loan Documentation, related notes, related fee letter or otherwise it may have to the extent to do so would prevent, limit or delay the making of its loan or the availability of the Bridge Facility, (3) refuse to participate in making its loan; provided that the Funding Conditions have been satisfied or waived or (4) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of its loan to the extent to do so would prevent, limit or delay the making of its loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, (A) the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall not be limited in the event that any applicable Funding Condition is not satisfied or waived by the Majority Commitment Parties on the Funding Date (other than, if such conditions have been satisfied or waived by the Majority Commitment Parties on or prior to the Funding Date, the conditions set forth under the heading “Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness”) and (B) immediately after the expiration of the Certain Funds Period, all of the rights, remedies and entitlements of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be available notwithstanding that such rights were not available prior to such time as a result of the foregoing.
Clean-Up Period:
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during the period from the Funding Date until the date that is 120 days after the Funding Date (the “Clean-Up Period”), any representation or warranty (other than the Specified Credit Agreement Representations) made by the Target or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions that would have been breached or inaccurate, or any other default, by reason of any matter or circumstance relating to the Target or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Transactions (were it not for this provision), will be deemed not to constitute a breach of a representation or warranty or a default for all purposes under the Commitment Letter and the Loan Documentation if, and for so long as the circumstance giving rise thereto: (i) is capable of being remedied and the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries is taking appropriate steps to remedy such breach or inaccuracy; (ii) relates exclusively to the Target or any of its subsidiaries (or any obligation to procure or ensure any action in relation to the Target or any of its subsidiaries); (iii) has not been procured by or approved by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries (other than the Target or any of its subsidiaries); and (iv) does not have a material adverse effect on the operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (including the Target and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole, such that the Borrower and its subsidiaries (including the Target and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole, would be unable to perform the payment obligations under the Bridge Facility.
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Documentation Principles:The definitive documentation for the Bridge Facility, including, without limitation, the representations and warranties, covenants and events of default contained therein, will be substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement. The Loan Documentation will contain only those conditions to borrowing, mandatory prepayments, representations, warranties, covenants and events of default expressly set forth in this Term Sheet. The phrase “substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement” and words of similar import mean the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, with modifications (a) as are necessary to reflect the terms specifically set forth in the Commitment Letter (including the nature of the Bridge Facility as a bridge facility) and the Fee Letter and (b) to accommodate the structure of the Acquisition and the operational and strategic requirements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (including as to the operational and strategic requirements of the Target and its subsidiaries), particularly in light of the industries, businesses, business practices of the Borrower, the Target and their respective subsidiaries, the Borrower’s proposed business plan and the disclosure schedules to the Merger Agreement.
Representations and Warranties:Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Affirmative Covenants:Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Negative Covenants:Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, substantially the same as in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Financial Covenants:Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, solely the following, in each case, substantially the same as in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement:
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(a)The Borrower will maintain as of the last day of each Measurement Period (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) a Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) of not more than 3:25: 1.00; provided that subject to terms and conditions substantially the same as in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, upon written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent following the consummation by the Borrower and its subsidiaries during a 12-month period of acquisitions (other than the Acquisition) whose aggregate consideration equals or exceeds $500,000,000, the applicable Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be automatically increased to 3:75:1.00 for a period of four fiscal quarters, commencing with the fiscal quarter in which one of the subject acquisitions is consummated.
(b)The Borrower will maintain for each Measurement Period a Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) of not less than 4.00:1.00.
Events of Default:Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Assignments and Participations:On or prior to the Funding Date, the making of assignments of and participations in commitments shall be subject to the provisions set forth in the Commitment Letter.
At all times thereafter, assignments of and participations in loans under the Bridge Facility shall be subject to limitations substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Waivers and Amendments:Substantially the same as the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Indemnification:
The Borrower will indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, each Lender and their respective affiliates and controlling persons, successors and assigns and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors in a manner substantially consistent with Section 5 of the Commitment Letter.
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Governing Law:
State of New York; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that any determinations as to (x) the accuracy of any representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Target and its subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof you (or your subsidiary or affiliate) have the right to terminate your (or its) obligations under the Merger Agreement, or decline to consummate the Acquisition, as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement, (y) the determination of whether the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and (z) the interpretation of the definition of Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and whether a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) has occurred shall, in each case, be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws.
Pricing/Fees/Expenses:
As set forth in Schedule I.
Other:Each of the parties shall (i) waive its right to a trial by jury and (ii) submit to exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York. The Loan Documentation will contain customary increased cost, withholding tax, capital adequacy and yield protection and bail-in provisions, in each case the substantially the same as those provisions set forth in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, and will contain customary QFC provisions.

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SCHEDULE I
INTEREST AND FEES
Interest:
At the Borrower’s option, loans will bear interest based on the Base Rate (as defined below) plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans (as described below) or Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined below) plus the Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans (as described below).
A.    Base Rate Option
 “Base Rate” shall mean a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of (a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A., in New York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank, N.A.’s base rate, (b) ½ of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) and (c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00%. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than zero.
Any loan bearing interest at the Base Rate is referred to herein as a “Base Rate Loan”. Base Rate Loans will bear interest at an annual interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans (as described below). Interest shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate at times when the Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365/366 days.
B.    SOFR Option
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Adjusted Term SOFR” shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR (to be defined in a manner consistent with the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) in effect for the applicable Interest Period (as defined below) plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be zero.
Any loan bearing interest at Adjusted Term SOFR (other than a Base Rate Loan for which interest is determined by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR) is referred to herein as a “Term SOFR Loan”. Interest will be determined for periods (“Interest Periods”) of one, three or six months as selected by the Borrower and will be at an annual rate equal to Adjusted Term SOFR plus the Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans (as described below). Interest will be paid on the last day of each Interest Period or, in the case of Interest Periods longer than three months, on the day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration, and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
Default Interest:All overdue principal, fees and other obligations under the Bridge Facility shall bear interest at a rate per annum of 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans and shall be payable on demand of the Administrative Agent.
Undrawn Commitment Fee:
The Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable account of the Lenders) an undrawn commitment fee (the “Undrawn Commitment Fee”) equal to 0.06% per annum (calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days) on the aggregate amount of the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility. Such fee shall accrue from and after the date that is the later of (i) ninety (90) days after the date of the Commitment Letter and (ii) the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier to occur of (x) the Funding Date and (y) the termination or expiration of the commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility (such date, the “Fee Payment Date”). Such Undrawn Commitment Fee shall be due and payable in full on the Fee Payment Date. 
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Duration Fee:
The Borrower will pay a fee (the “Duration Fee”), for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, in an amount equal to (i) 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Bridge Facility outstanding on the date that is 90 days after the Funding Date, due and payable in cash on such 90th day (or if such day is not a business day, on the next business day); (ii) 0.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Bridge Facility outstanding on the date that is 180 days after the Funding Date, due and payable in cash on such 180th day (or if such day is not a business day, on the next business day); and (iii) 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Bridge Facility outstanding on the date that is 270 days after the Funding Date, due and payable on such 270th day (or if such day is not a business day, on the next business day).
Other Fees:The Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent will receive such other fees as will have been agreed in the Fee Letter.
Applicable Margin for ABR Loans:The Applicable Margin for a Base Rate Loan shall be the greater of (i) 0% and (ii) the Applicable Margin for a Term SOFR Loan (as described below) minus 1.0%.
Applicable Margin for SOFR Loans:
The Applicable Margin for a Term SOFR Loan shall be based on the pricing grid (the “Pricing Grid”) set forth on Annex I hereto.
Cost and Yield Protection:Substantially similar to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
Expenses:
Substantially similar to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, subject to changes consistent with Section 5 of the Commitment Letter.


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Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V Level VI
Funding Date through 89 days following the Funding Date0.75%0.875%1.00%1.125%1.25%1.50%
90th day following the Funding Date through 179th day following the Funding Date1.00%1.125%1.25%1.375%1.50%1.75%
180th day following the Funding Date through 269th day following the Funding Date1.25%1.375%1.50%1.625%1.75%2.00%
From the 270th day following the Funding Date1.50%1.625%1.75%1.875%2.00%2.25%
PRICING GRID

The Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans means, for any day, the applicable rate set forth below under the column corresponding to the “Pricing Level” that exists on such day.


For purposes of the Pricing Grid, the following terms have the following meanings:

Level I Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least A+ by S&P or A1 by Moody’s.

Level II Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, Level I is not applicable, the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Moody’s.

Level III Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, neither of Level I or Level II is applicable, and the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least A- by S&P or A3 by Moody’s.

Level IV Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, none of Level I, Level II or Level III is applicable, and the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least BBB+ by S&P or Baa1 by Moody’s.

Level V Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, none of Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV is applicable, and the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least BBB by S&P or Baa2 by Moody’s.

Level VI Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, none of Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV or Level V applies.

Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V or Level VI applies at any date.

In the event of a split rating of greater than one sub-grade, the rating shall be deemed to be one level higher than the lower of two ratings.




The credit ratings to be utilized for purposes of the foregoing are those assigned to long-term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower without third-party credit enhancement, and any rating assigned to any other debt security of the Borrower shall be disregarded. The rating in effect at any date is that in effect at the close of business on such date.


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PROJECT BULLDOG
$7.75 BILLION 364-DAY BRIDGE FACILITY
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO FUNDING DATE
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as specified with respect thereto in the Commitment Letter to which this Exhibit B is attached or Exhibit A thereto, as the context may require.
The initial borrowing under the Bridge Facility will be subject only to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the following additional conditions precedent:
(i)    The Acquisition shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the Bridge Facility on the Funding Date in all material respects in accordance with the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof without giving effect to any amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers by you thereto or consents by you thereunder that are materially adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arranger in their respective capacities as such without the Lead Arranger’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), it being agreed that (A) (x) any decrease in the Acquisition Consideration less than or equal to 10% thereof, (y) any decrease in the Acquisition Consideration in excess of 10% thereof accompanied by a dollar-for-dollar reduction in commitments in respect of the Bridge Facility in excess of such 10% decrease and (z) any increase in the Acquisition Consideration that is funded with equity issued as consideration for the Acquisition or with cash on hand, in each case, are not materially adverse to the Lenders and Lead Arranger and (B) any amendment, modification or waiver by you to the provisions of the Merger Agreement that are expressly for the benefit of the Debt Financing Sources (as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) is materially adverse to the Lenders and the Lead Arranger; provided that the Lead Arranger shall be deemed to have consented to any such amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers unless it shall object thereto within three (3) business days after receipt of notice thereof.
(ii)    From the Latest Balance Sheet Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), there shall not have been any fact, effect, event, change, circumstance or occurrence that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
(iii)    The Lead Arranger shall have received (A) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the three (3) most recently-completed fiscal years ended at least sixty (60) days prior to the Funding Date, (B) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for any subsequent interim financial period (other than the fourth quarter of any fiscal year) ended at least forty (40) days prior to the Funding Date, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and (C) the Financial Statements (as defined in the Merger Agreement). The Lead Arranger hereby acknowledges receipt of (x) the financial statements of the Borrower for the periods ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2022, December 31, 2023, March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 and (y) the Financial Statements.
(iv)    The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) customary opinions of counsel to the Borrower (which shall cover, among other things, authority and enforceability of the Loan Documentation), (B) customary corporate resolutions and closing certificates and corporate organizational documents and good standing certificates, (C) a solvency certificate from the chief
    


financial officer or another financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Annex I hereto and (D) a customary request for credit extension.
(v)    The Specified Credit Agreement Representations and the Specified Merger Agreement Representations (to the extent set forth in the definition thereof) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Funding Date (except, in the case of Specified Merger Agreement Representations to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case the Specified Merger Agreement Representations shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such date.
(vi)    All fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter on or prior to the Funding Date shall have been paid or shall be paid substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Bridge Facility, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Fee Letter, and all other accrued fees and expenses of the Lead Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the fees and expenses of counsel (including any local counsel) for the Administrative Agent) payable on or prior to the Funding Date and for which invoices have been presented at least three (3) business days prior to the Funding Date shall have been paid or shall be paid substantially simultaneously with the funding of the Bridge Facility.


    


ANNEX I
TO EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

[ ], 202[ ]

This Solvency Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section [ ] of the Credit Agreement dated as of [ ], 202[ ] (the “Credit Agreement”), among Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned hereby certifies, solely in [his/her] capacity as an officer of the Borrower and not in [his/her] individual capacity, as follows:

1.I am the [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower. I am familiar with the Transactions and have reviewed the Credit Agreement, financial statements referred to in Section [ ] of the Credit Agreement and such documents and made such investigation as I deemed relevant for the purposes of this Solvency Certificate.

2.As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, on and as of such date (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation on a going concern basis, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated and going concern basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business; (c) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business; and (d) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Funding Date.

This Solvency Certificate is being delivered by the undersigned officer only in [his/her] capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower and not individually and the undersigned shall have no personal liability to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect thereto.


    


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.

MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.

By: ________________________________________
Name:
Title: