The Borrower AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, --------------- DEFEND, AND SAVE HARMLESS THE AGENT, EACH BANK AND THEIR RESPEC- TIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND ATTORNEYS, AND EACH OF THEM (THE "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES"), FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, SUITS, AND OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, DAMAGES, COSTS, INTEREST, CHARGES, TAXES, COUNSEL FEES, AND OTHER EXPENSES AND PENALTIES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS OR EXPENSES OF SETTLEMENT) WHICH ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES MAY SUSTAIN OR INCUR BY REASON OF OR ARISING OUT OF (A) THE MAKING OF ANY LOAN HEREUNDER, THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES AND THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSAC- TIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY OF THE BANKS' RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY ANY OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES IN INVESTIGATING, PREPARING FOR, DEFENDING AGAINST, OR PROVIDING EVIDENCE, PRO- DUCING DOCUMENTS, OR TAKING ANY OTHER ACTION IN RESPECT OF ANY COMMENCED OR THREATENED LITIGATION UNDER ANY FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW OR ANY SIMILAR LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OR AT COMMON LAW OR (B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR PROCEEDINGS (WHETHER BROUGHT BY A PRIVATE PARTY, GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY OR OTHERWISE) FOR BODILY INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, ABATEMENT, REMEDIATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, OR IMPAIRMENT OR ANY OTHER INJURY OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM OR RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LOCATED UPON, MIGRATING INTO, FROM, OR THROUGH OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY (WHETHER OR NOT THE RELEASE OF SUCH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WAS CAUSED BY THE BORROWER, ANY SUBSIDIARY, A TENANT, OR SUBTENANT OF THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, A PRIOR OWNER, A TENANT, OR SUBTENANT OF ANY PRIOR OWNER OR ANY OTHER PARTY AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HANDLING, STORAGE, GENERATION, TRANSPORTATION, OR DISPOSAL OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR THE MERE PRESENCE OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON SUCH PROPERTY; PROVIDED THAT THE BORROWER SHALL NOT ------------- BE LIABLE TO THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES WHERE THE RELEASE OF SUCH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OCCURS AT ANY TIME AT WHICH THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY CEASES TO OWN SUCH PROPERTY); AND PROVIDED FURTHER ---------------- THAT NO INDEMNIFIED PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THIS SECTION 13.16 TO THE EXTENT ITS OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT CONTRIBUTED TO ITS LOSS; AND PROVIDED FURTHER ---------------- THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BORROWER TO INDEMNIFY THE INDEM- NIFIED PARTIES AGAINST THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE. THIS AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT AND INDEMNIFY THE INDEMNI- FIED PARTIES AGAINST ALL RISKS HEREBY ASSUMED BY THE BORROWER. FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING SECTION 13.16, THE PHRASE "CONSUM- MATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY" SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (A) ABOVE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FINANCING OF ANY CORPORATE TAKEOVER PERMITTED HEREUNDER AND THE BORROWER'S USE OF THE LOAN PROCEEDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING ANY EQUITY INTERESTS DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THE DEFINITION OF "QUALIFYING ASSETS" SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED). THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER UNDER THIS SECTION 13.16 SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE REPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.
Borrower The term “Borrower” as used herein shall include any new or successor corporation, association, partnership (general or limited), limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other individual or organization formed as a result of any merger, reorganization, sale, transfer, devise, gift or bequest of Borrower or any interest in Borrower.
Covenants of the Borrowers 43 SECTION 5.1
Covenants of the Borrower SECTION 5.01.
Representations of the Borrower The Borrower represents for and as to itself as follows: (a) The Borrower has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and the Borrower has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business, to own its properties and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement have been, or prior to the Effective Date will be, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not as of the Effective Date or any Borrowing Date, violate any provision of any law or regulation, or contractual or corporate restrictions, binding on the Borrower and material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (c) As of the Effective Date, this Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject however to (i) the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general principles of equity and (ii) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights heretofore or hereafter enacted. (d) The proceeds of the Loans made to the Borrower shall not be used for a purpose which violates Regulation U. (e) As of the date hereof, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or against any of their respective properties or revenues (i) with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (other than those litigations, investigations or proceedings set forth in the Registration Statement). (i) The combined statement of financial position of the Borrower and its combined statements of earnings, stockholder’s interest and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 reported on by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and set forth beginning on page F-3 of the Registration Statement, present fairly (assuming completion of the transactions described in note 1 to such financial statements), in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP and (ii) since December 31, 2003 to the date hereof, other than those developments and events described in the Registration Statement, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. (g) The Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, statutory insurance requirements, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. (h) The Borrower is not (a) an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” as defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Additional Credit Parties As soon as practicable and in any event within 30 days after any Person becomes a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower shall provide the Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing all of the assets of such Person and shall (a) cause such Person to execute a Joinder Agreement in substantially the same form as Schedule 7.12, (b) cause 100% of the capital stock of such Person to be delivered to the Agent (together with undated stock powers signed in blank) and pledged to the Agent pursuant to an appropriate pledge agreement(s) in substantially the form of the Pledge Agreement and otherwise in form acceptable to the Agent and (c) cause such Person to (i) if such Person has any Domestic Subsidiaries, (A) deliver 100% of the capital stock of such Subsidiaries (together with undated stock powers signed in blank) to the Agent and (B) execute a pledge agreement in substantially the form of the Pledge Agreement and otherwise in form acceptable to the Agent, (ii) if such Person owns or leases any real property located in the United States of America and deemed to be material by the Agent or the Required Lenders in its or their sole reasonable discretion, execute any and all necessary mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or other appropriate real estate collateral documentation in form acceptable to the Agent and (iii) deliver such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, real estate title insurance policies, environmental reports, landlord's waivers, certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Person and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to above), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
Obligations of the Borrower 13 Section 3.01.
Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default If any Event of Default described in Section 6.01(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing or the Borrowings shall have otherwise been accelerated or the Commitments terminated pursuant to Section 6.01, then the Administrative Agent may, or shall at the request of the Required Lenders, make demand upon the Borrower to, and forthwith upon such demand (or, in the case of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(f) with respect to the Borrower, automatically without demand) the Borrower will, deposit in an account designated in such demand (the “LC Collateral Account”) with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders and LC Issuing Banks, in same day funds, an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate undrawn stated amounts of all Letters of Credit that are outstanding on such date. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held in the LC Collateral Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the LC Issuing Banks or that the total amount of such funds is less than 103% of the aggregate undrawn stated amounts of all Letters of Credit that are outstanding on such date, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the LC Collateral Account, an amount equal to the excess of (i) 103% of such aggregate undrawn stated amounts of all Letters of Credit that are outstanding on such date over (ii) the total amount of funds, if any, then held in the LC Collateral Account that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit in the LC Collateral Account, such funds shall be applied to reimburse the relevant LC Issuing Bank or Lender holding a participation in the reimbursement obligation of the Borrower to such LC Issuing Bank to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions 2.01 The Loans.
Reaffirmation of Credit Party Obligations Each Credit Party hereby ratifies the Credit Agreement and acknowledges and reaffirms (a) that it is bound by all terms of the Credit Agreement applicable to it and (b) that it is responsible for the observance and full performance of its respective Credit Party Obligations.