LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of August 30, 2007, among CENVEO CORPORATION, as Borrower, CENVEO, INC., as a Guarantor, LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Administrative Agent, the Lenders party hereto and LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole...
Exhibit
10.3
EXECUTION
COPY
Dated
as of August 30, 2007,
among
CENVEO
CORPORATION,
as
Borrower,
as
a Guarantor,
XXXXXX
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as
Administrative Agent,
the
Lenders party hereto
and
XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.,
as
Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
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SCHEDULES
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Contracts
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Adjusted EBITDA
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Form
of
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Notice
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Note
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Compliance
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Assignment
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Guaranty
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Omitted]
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Underwriting/Purchase
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Registration
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This
LOAN AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of
August 30, 2007, among CENVEO CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), CENVEO,
INC., a Colorado corporation (“Holdings”), each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a
“Lender”), and XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Administrative
Agent.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
The
Borrower has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 17,
2007
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the provisions hereof, the “Purchase Agreement”), among the
Borrower, as Buyer, Commercial Envelope Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the
“Target”), Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as trustee under Xxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust IV,
as amended and restated u/t/d May 31, 2006, between Xxx X. Xxxxxxx, as Grantor,
and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as Trustee, a trust organized under the laws of the
State of New York, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual residing in the State of New
York, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual residing in the State of New York, and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as representative of the Stockholders, pursuant to
which the Borrower will acquire (the “Target Acquisition”) all of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Target.
The
Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility, and the
Lenders have indicated their willingness to provide the term loan facility
on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01
Defined
Terms.
As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acquisition”,
by any Person, means the purchase or acquisition in a single transaction or
a
series of related transactions by any such Person, individually or, together
with its Affiliates, of (a) any Equity Interest of any other Person (other
than
an existing Subsidiary of the Borrower) which are sufficient such that such
other Person becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b)
all
or a substantial portion of the Property, including, without limitation, all
or
a substantial portion of the property comprising a division, business unit
or
line of business, of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower),
whether involving a merger or consolidation with such other
Person. “Acquire” has a meaning correlative
thereto.
“Acquisition
Debt” means Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(j) the
proceeds of which are paid within ten (10) days of the incurrence thereof as
part of the consideration in connection with an acquisition or purchase
permitted under Section 7.03(h).
“Administrative
Agent” means Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. in its capacity as administrative
agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative
agent.
“Administrative
Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other
address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
to
the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any 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.
“Aggregate
Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Aggregate
Credit Exposures” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Term Loans outstanding at such time.
“Agreement”
means this Loan Agreement.
“Applicable
Percentage” means, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term Facility
represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term Lender’s Term
Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term
Lender’s Term Loans at such time. The initial Applicable Percentage
of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable
Rate” means 4.50% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans and 3.50% per annum
for Base Rate Loans. The Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans
and Base Rate Loans shall increase by 0.50% per annum on January 1, 2008 and
shall increase by an additional 0.50% per annum upon each subsequent 90-day
anniversary of such date.
“Appropriate
Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that has a Commitment or holds a Term
Loan at such time.
“Approved
Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignee
Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment
advisor.
“Assignment
and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent,
in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by
the Administrative Agent.
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“Attributable
Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of
any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet
of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect
of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining
lease
or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement
or
instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as
of
such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or instrument
were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease and (c) all Synthetic Debt of such
Person.
“Audited
Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,
and
the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries,
including the notes thereto, in each case as included in Holdings Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
“Available
Loss Proceeds” means the difference of (a) Loss Proceeds received during any
fiscal year less (b) the amount of such proceeds that are applied to the repair
of the property subject to such loss or to the purchase price of similar
replacement property in either case within 120 days of receipt of such Loss
Proceeds or, so long as Borrower gives written notice to the Administrative
Agent within such 120 day period that it intends to so apply such Loss Proceeds,
within 365 of receipt of such Loss Proceeds.
“Base
Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in
the Prime Rate actually available or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.
“Base
Rate Loan” means a Term Loan that bears interest based on the Base
Rate.
“Borrower”
has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower
Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Borrowing”
means a Term Borrowing.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located or
Stamford, Connecticut and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan,
means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and
between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Cadmus”
means Cadmus Communications Corporation, a Virginia corporation.
“Cadmus
Change of Control Offer” means any offer to purchase the Cadmus Subordinated
Notes required to be made to the holders thereof pursuant to the Cadmus
Subordinated Notes Documents as a result of the Acquisition (as defined in
the
Existing Credit Agreement), and any purchase of the Cadmus Subordinated Notes
resulting from such offer.
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“Cadmus
Subordinated Notes” means the 8-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
issued pursuant to the Cadmus Subordinated Notes Documents in an aggregate
principal amount of $125,000,000.
“Cadmus
Subordinated Notes Documents” means the Indenture, dated as of June 15,
2004, among Cadmus, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association),
as
trustee, the Cadmus Subordinated Notes and all other agreements, instruments
and
other documents pursuant to which the Cadmus Subordinated Notes have been issued
or otherwise setting forth the terms of the Cadmus Subordinated
Notes.
“Cadmus
Tender Offer” means the tender offer for and repurchase of all of the Cadmus
Subordinated Notes made by the Borrower.
“Capital
Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, any
expenditure in respect of the purchase or other acquisition of any fixed or
capital asset (excluding normal replacements and maintenance which are properly
charged to current operations). For purposes of this definition, the
purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in
of existing equipment or with insurance proceeds shall be included in Capital
Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount by which such purchase
price
exceeds the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment
being traded in at such time or the amount of such insurance proceeds, as the
case may be.
“Capitalized
Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.
“Cash
Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent
owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens
(other than Liens created under the Existing Collateral Documents):
(a) readily
marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged in support thereof;
(b) time
deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of,
any nationally-recognized securities dealer or any commercial bank, trust
company, savings and loan association or savings bank that (i) (A) is a
Lender or (B) is (x) organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or a political
subdivision thereof, (y) a U.S. branch of any such institution organized
under the laws of any other country that is a member of the OECD, or
(z) the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues
(or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in
clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and
surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more
than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
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(c) commercial
paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United
States of America and rated at least “Prime-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Xxxxx’x or at least “A-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each
case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(d) Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions
that have the highest rating obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, and the
portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality
and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition,
and
(e) obligations
with any Lender, any other bank or trust company described in
clause (b) above, or any nationally-recognized securities dealer, in
respect of the repurchase of obligations of the type described in clause
(a) above, provided that such repurchase obligations shall be fully secured
by obligations of the type described in said clause and the possession of such
obligations shall be transferred to, and segregated from other obligations
owned
by, such Lender, such other bank or trust company or such securities
dealer.
“CERCLA”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act
of 1980.
“CERCLIS”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
“CFC”
means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of
the
Code.
“Change
in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of
the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty
or
in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority.
“Change
of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee
benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting
in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any
such plan), except the Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of Holdings
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing
body of Holdings on a fully-diluted basis; or
(b) during
any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board
of
directors or other equivalent governing body of Holdings cease to
be
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composed
of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body
on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that
board
or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in
clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or
(iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing
body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least
a majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case
of
both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial
nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent
governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by
any
person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more
directors by or on behalf of the board of directors); or
(c) any
Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (excluding the Permitted
Holders) shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, the power to exercise,
directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies
of Holdings, or control over the equity securities of Holdings entitled to
vote
for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdings
on a fully-diluted basis representing 35% or more of the combined voting power
of such securities; or
(d) Holdings
shall cease, directly or indirectly, to own and control legally and beneficially
all of the Equity Interests in the Borrower.
“Closing
Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section
11.01.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment”
means a Term Commitment.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.
“Condemnation
Award” means all proceeds of any taking of real or personal property, or any
part thereof or interest therein, for public or quasi-public use under the
power
of eminent domain, by reason of any public improvement or condemnation
proceeding, or in any other manner, or transfer in lieu thereof.
“Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA” means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to
Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis
for the most recently completed Measurement Period plus (a) the following
to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such
Measurement Period: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) the
provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable and tax
contingencies, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense and (iv) all
other non-cash items decreasing Consolidated Net Income (in each case of or
by
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period), minus (b) the
following to the extent added in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for
such Measurement Period: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign income
tax credits and tax contingency credits and (ii) all non-cash items
increasing
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Consolidated
Net Income (in each case of or by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period), and excluding (c) without duplication, the following
to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such
Measurement Period: (i) cash restructuring, integration, impairment
and related fees, expenses and charges in an aggregate amount of up to
$20,000,000 incurred during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, (ii)
non-cash restructuring, integration, impairment and related fees, expenses
and
charges, (iii) gain (loss) on the Disposition of non-strategic businesses and
discontinued operations, (iv) stock based compensation expensed in accordance
with Statement of Financial Account Standards 123R, (v) gain (loss) arising
from
the Tender Offer, the Cadmus Change of Control Offer or the Cadmus Tender Offer,
(vi) non-cash gain (loss) on the early extinguishment of Indebtedness other
than
in connection with the Tender Offer, the Cadmus Change of Control Offer or
the
Cadmus Tender Offer, (vii) cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles, (viii) non-cash extraordinary gains and non-cash extraordinary
losses for such Measurement Period and (ix) other non-cash non-recurring charges
and expenses (in each case of or by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period). For the purpose of determining the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with
the
provisions in Section 1.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a)
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be the amount set forth on Schedule
1.03 for each of the respective periods referenced therein and (b) for the
fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, as
calculated above, shall be determined by adding an adjustment of $8,000,000
for
such period.
“Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for Holdings
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding
principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed
money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all
purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters
of
credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank
guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect
of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Attributable
Indebtedness, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to
outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through
(e) above of Persons other than Holdings or any Subsidiary, and (g) all
Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through
(e) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation, limited liability company or similar legal entity)
in which Holdings or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, except
to the extent such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to Holdings
or
such Subsidiary. For the purpose of determining the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the
provisions in Section 1.03.
“Consolidated
Interest Charges” means, at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all
interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses
in
connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection
with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated
as interest in accordance with GAAP (but excluding (i) any premium paid in
respect of the Senior Notes in connection with the Tender Offer or any
prepayment, purchase or redemption of the Cadmus Subordinated Notes
permitted
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under
Section 7.15(g), (ii) any premium paid in respect of the Cadmus
Subordinated Notes in connection with the Cadmus Tender Offer or the Cadmus
Change of Control Offer and (iii) any write-off or acceleration of deferred
financing fees associated with the Senior Notes, the Cadmus Subordinated Notes,
the Existing Credit Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Existing
First Amendment), (b) all interest that is treated as “interest” under GAAP that
is paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations, and (c) the portion
of rent expense under Capitalized Leases that is treated as interest expense
in
accordance with GAAP, in each case, of or by Holdings and its Subsidiaries
on a
consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period. For
the
purpose of determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Charges shall be calculated
on a
Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the provisions in Section 1.03;
provided that: (i) for purposes of calculating the amount of
Consolidated Interest Charges for the Measurement Period ending March 31, 2007,
such amount shall equal actual Consolidated Interest Charges (as calculated
above) for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007, multiplied by four
(4); (ii) for purposes of calculating the amount of Consolidated Interest
Charges for the Measurement Period ending June 30, 2007, such amount shall
equal actual Consolidated Interest Charges (as calculated above) for the fiscal
quarters ending March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, multiplied by two (2),
and (iii) for purposes of calculating the amount of Consolidated Interest
Charges for the Measurement Period ending September 30, 2007, such amount shall
equal actual Consolidated Interest Charges (as calculated above) for the fiscal
quarters ending March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007,
multiplied by four-thirds (4/3).
“Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest
Charges.
“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b)
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, at any date of determination, the net income (or loss) of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently
completed Measurement Period; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall
exclude (a) the net income of any Subsidiary (other than any Loan Party) during
such Measurement Period to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of such income is not
permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any
agreement, instrument or Law applicable to such Subsidiary during such
Measurement Period, except that Holdings’ equity in any net loss of any such
Subsidiary for such Measurement Period shall be included in determining
Consolidated Net Income, and (b) any income (or loss) for such Period of any
Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary, except that Holdings’ equity in the
net income of any such Person for such Measurement Period shall be included
in
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed
by such Person during such Period to Holdings or a Subsidiary as a dividend
or
other distribution (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution to
a
Subsidiary (other than any Loan Party), such Subsidiary is not precluded from
further distributing such amount as described in clause (a) of this
proviso). For the purpose of determining the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio and the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Net Income
shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the provisions
in
Section 1.03.
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“Contractual
Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“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
Extension” means a Borrowing.
“Debtor
Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization,
or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“Default”
means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with
the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of
Default.
“Default
Rate” means an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Term Facility
plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with
respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate
equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable
to such Loan plus 2% per annum; and provided, further, that
in no event shall the Default Rate exceed the Interest Rate Cap plus 2%
per annum.
“Defaulting
Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Term
Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the
date
required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over
to
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the
subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become
the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“Delay
Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(v).
“Disclosed
Litigation” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06.
“Disposition”
or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property
by
any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the
foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with
or
without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith.
“Dollar”
and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any
political subdivision of the United States.
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“Eligible
Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee
under Section 11.06(b)(iii), (v) and
(vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required
under
Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“Environmental
Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental
restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or
the
release of any materials into the environment, including those related to
hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public
systems.
“Environmental
Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or
indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation
of 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 or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
“Environmental
Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other
authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equipment
Loans” means those certain senior unsecured equipment loans owing by
Xxxxxxxx Graphics, Inc. and Cadmus Journal Services, Inc. (and Guaranteed by
the
Borrower, as successor to Cadmus) and set forth on Schedule 7.02 in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $13,200,000.
“Equity
Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such
Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in)
such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or
warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person
of
such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit
interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests
therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants,
options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of
provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA
Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a
withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject
to
Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial
employer (as defined in
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Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that
a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent
to
terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC
to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition
which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of,
or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other
than
for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon
the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Eurodollar
Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA
LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source
providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent
from
time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery
on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period shall be determined
by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying
eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage” of any Lender for each Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Loan means the reserve percentage applicable to such Lender
during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so
applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such
Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be so applicable) under
Regulation D or other regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) then applicable to such
Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
“Eurocurrency liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the FRB) having a term
equal to such Interest Period.
“Eurodollar
Rate Loan” means a Term Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Eurodollar Rate.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“Excess
Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal year of Holdings, the excess (if any) of
(a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal year minus (b) the sum
(for such fiscal year) of (i) Consolidated Interest Charges actually paid
in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (ii) principal repayments, to the
extent actually made by the Borrower, of Existing Term Loans pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) or (b)(iii), (iv) or
(v) or Section 2.07 of the Existing Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, (iii) all income taxes actually
paid in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (iv) Capital Expenditures
actually made by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in such fiscal year,
(v) Restricted Payments by Holdings, to the extent actually made, permitted
by Section 7.06(d), and (vi) all principal repayments and
prepayments of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (other than the Existing
Obligations), to the extent actually made by Holdings or
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any
Subsidiary, so long as such repayment or prepayment is permitted hereunder
(including, without limitation, any prepayment, purchase, redemption or
defeasance of the Subordinated Notes permitted under Section
7.15(d)).
“Exchange
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(i).
“Exchange
Indenture” means an indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, on terms substantially similar to the Subordinated Notes
Indenture, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Lead Arranger, pursuant to which the Exchange Notes have been or will be
issued. In the event that the Exchange Notes are issued as
“Additional Notes” under the Subordinated Notes Documents, references herein to
the Exchange Indenture shall mean and be a reference to the Subordinated Notes
Indenture.
“Exchange
Note Interest Rate” means a fixed interest rate that will not exceed the
greater of (i) the yield on the Subordinated Notes as of the date that is not
less than 3, but not more than 5 Business Days prior to the Exchange Date as
determined by the Lead Arranger plus 1.75% (or, if the Exchange Notes are rated
lower than B3 by Xxxxx’x and B- by S&P, in each case with a stable outlook,
2.00%) and (ii) the yield on the Xxxxxx Brothers Single B Index as of the date
that is not less than 3, but not more than 5 Business Days prior to the Exchange
Date as determined by the Lead Arranger plus 1.75% (or, if the Exchange Notes
are rated lower than B3 by Xxxxx’x and B- by S&P, in each case with a stable
outlook, 2.00%).
“Exchange
Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(ii).
“Exchange
Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(i).
“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 or Holdings hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its
overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it
(in
lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) 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 in which
the Borrower or Holdings is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender
(other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section
11.13), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply
with
Section 3.01(e), 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 or
Holdings with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section
3.01(a).
“Exempt
Offering” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(f).
“Existing
Collateral” means the “Collateral” (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
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“Existing
Collateral Documents” means the “Collateral Documents” (as defined in the
Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“Existing
Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 21,
2006 among the Borrower, Holdings, Bank of America, N.A., as agent, certain
other co-syndication agents and co-documentation agents, and a syndicate of
lenders, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated
as of March 7, 2007 (the “Existing First Amendment”), by and among the
Borrower, Holdings, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as
agent, and as further amended or supplemented and in effect from time to
time.
“Existing
Effective Date” means March 7, 2007.
“Existing
Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” (as defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“Existing
Loans” means the “Loans” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement as in
effect on the date hereof).
“Existing
Obligations” means the “Obligations” (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“Existing
Term Loans” means the “Term Loans” (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“Facility”
means the Term Facility.
“Federal
Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next
succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions
on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotations
(rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) received
by
the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as
determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee
Letter” means the fee letter, dated August 8, 2007, among the Borrower,
Holdings, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. and Xxxxxx Brothers
Commercial Bank.
“Final
Offering Documents” shall mean, a final offering memorandum in customary
form for a “Rule 144A” high yield transaction or a final prospectus by an issuer
pursuant to a registration statement on applicable form, in each case, with
all
information required by law or customary and reasonably believed by the Lead
Arranger to be necessary (without undue expense or burden) for marketing the
Exchange Notes, including without limitation, all information as would be
necessary for the Lead Arranger to receive customary “comfort”
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(including
“negative assurance” comfort) from the Borrower’s independent public accounting
firms in connection with the Exchange Notes.
“Foreign
Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax
purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a
single jurisdiction.
“FRB”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Fund”
means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged
in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as
of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or
of any political subdivision thereof, whether state 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 (including
any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
“Guarantee”
means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of
income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor
to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part),
or
(b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other
obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Guarantee
shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount
of
the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such
Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as
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determined
by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee”
as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantied
Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each
co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time
pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons to which any
Obligations are owing under the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Guarantors”
means, collectively, Holdings, the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 6.12
and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute
and
deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to
Section 6.12.
“Guaranty”
means, collectively, the Guaranty made by Holdings under Article X in
favor of the Guarantied Parties and the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in
favor
of the Guarantied Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F,
together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant
to
Section 6.12.
“Hazardous
Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum
or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all
other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“Holdings”
has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Indebtedness”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance
with GAAP:
(a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(b) the
maximum amount of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising
under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net
obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business
and not past due for more than 90 days after the date on which such trade
account was created);
(e) indebtedness
(excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional
sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness
shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
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(f)
all
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Lease
Obligations of such Person and all Synthetic Debt of such Person;
(g)
all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any
Affiliate of such Person or any warrant, right or option to acquire such Equity
Interest, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater
of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and
unpaid dividends; and
(h)
all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For
all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture
that is itself a corporation limited liability company or similar legal entity)
in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The
amount of any net obligations of any Person under any Swap Contract on any
date
shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof due and payable by
such
Person as of such date.
“Indemnified
Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded
Taxes.
“Indemnitees”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(b).
“Information”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Initial
Lenders” means Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial
Bank, and each of their Affiliates and Approved Funds.
“Insurance
Proceeds” means all insurance proceeds (other than business interruption
insurance proceeds), damages, awards, claims and rights of action with respect
to any casualty or other loss, damage or destruction of any real or personal
property of Holdings or its Subsidiaries.
“Interest
Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date;
provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three
months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest
Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the first Business Day of
each
January, April, July and October (commencing on January 1, 2008) and the
Maturity Date.
“Interest
Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as
a
Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided
that:
(a) any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day
falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end
on
the next preceding Business Day;
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(b) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Interest
Rate Cap” means 11.5% per annum.
“Internal
Control Event” means a material weakness in, or fraud that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in, Holdings’ and its
Subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting, in each case as
described in the Securities Laws.
“Investment”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by
such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity
Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to,
Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or interest in, another Person, or (C) the purchase or other
acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of
another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part
of
the business of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.
“IP
Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.
“IRS”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder
Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement executed and delivered in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.12, substantially in the form of
Exhibit K hereto.
“Laws”
means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes, executive
orders and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including
the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lead
Arranger” means Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., in its capacity as sole lead arranger
and sole book manager.
“Lender”
has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Lending
Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and
the
Administrative Agent.
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“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or
other
security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security
interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance
on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the
same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan”
means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II
in the form of a Term Loan.
“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the
Guaranty, (d) the Fee Letter, (e) each Joinder Agreement and (f) all other
documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection with the
Obligations hereunder.
“Loan
Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans
from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
in
each case pursuant to Section 2.02(a). Each Loan Notice, if in
writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Loan
Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Loss
Proceeds” means the sum of (a) all Insurance Proceeds and (b) all
Condemnation Awards, and payments in lieu thereof.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual
or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties taken
as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or of the ability
of
any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which
it is
a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it
is a party.
“Material
Contract” means, with respect to any Loan Party, each contract or agreement
listed on Schedule 1.02 hereto and each other contract or agreement
entered into after the Closing Date by any Loan Party the breach or termination
of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
“Maturity
Date” means August 30, 2015; provided, however, that if such
date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding
Business Day.
“Maximum
Cap Ex Amount” has the meaning specified in Section
7.12.
“Maximum
Dividend Amount” has the meaning specified in Section
7.06(d).
“Measurement
Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed
four fiscal quarters of the Borrower.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
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“Multiemployer
Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding
five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Net
Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with
respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the
excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in
connection with such transaction (including any cash or Cash Equivalents
received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the
sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the
applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with such
transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or the Existing
Loan Documents), (B) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such
transaction and (C) income taxes reasonably estimated to be actually
payable within two years of the date of the relevant transaction as a result
of
any gain recognized in connection therewith; provided that, if the amount
of any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause (C) exceeds the amount of
taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Disposition,
the
aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds;
and
(b) with
respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any Loan Party
or
any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash
Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the
underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary
out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith.
“Non-Operating
Subsidiary” means any non-operating, inactive Subsidiary with assets having
a net book value of less than $100,000.
“Note”
means a Term Note.
“NPL”
means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“Obligations”
means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties
of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect
to
any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against
any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless
of
whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding.
“OECD”
means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
“Organization
Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable
constitutive documents
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with
respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating
agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or
other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other
applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument,
filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation
or
organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction
of
its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles
of
formation or organization of such entity.
“Other
Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment
made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery
or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
“Outstanding
Amount” means, with respect to all Term Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any prepayments
or
repayments of Term Loans occurring on such date.
“Participant”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“PCAOB”
means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“Pension
Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or
has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other
plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any
time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted
Holders” means Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., his immediate family and their heirs
and estates and any Person (other than a natural Person and Holdings and its
Subsidiaries) that is wholly-owned or otherwise directly Controlled by any
of
the foregoing, including, without limitation, Xxxxxx Capital Management,
LLC.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower.
“Platform”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Preliminary
Offering Documents” shall mean a preliminary offering memorandum in
customary form for a “Rule 144A” high yield transaction or a preliminary
prospectus by an issuer pursuant to a registration statement on applicable
form,
in each case, with all information required by law or customary and reasonably
believed by the Lead Arranger to be necessary
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(without
undue expense or burden) for marketing the Exchange Notes, including without
limitation, all information as would be necessary for the Lead Arranger to
receive customary “comfort” (including “negative assurance” comfort) from the
Borrower’s independent public accounting firms in connection with the Exchange
Notes.
“Prime
Rate” means the prime lending rate as set forth on the British Banking
Association Telerate Page 5 (or such other comparable page as may, in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent, replace such page for the purpose of
displaying such rate), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate
is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate
actually available.
“Pro
Forma Basis” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
“Purchase
Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements
hereto.
“Register”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“Registered
Offering” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(f).
“Registered
Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning specified by the Securities Laws and
shall be independent of Holdings as prescribed by the Securities
Laws.
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means a registration rights agreement in respect of the
Exchange Notes in the form of Exhibit N.
“Related
Documents” means (a) the Existing Loan Documents, (b) the Purchase
Agreement, (c) the Subordinated Notes Documents and (d) all Material
Contracts.
“Related
Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of
such
Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable
Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been
waived.
“Request
for Credit Extension” means with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Term Loans, a Loan Notice.
“Required
Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than
50% of the sum of the Total Outstandings; provided that the portion of
the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
“Responsible
Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan
Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have
been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the
part of
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such
Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have
acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted
Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity
Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether
in
cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar
deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance,
acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other
Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to any Person’s
stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other
distribution or payment.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”
means the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities
Laws” means the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules,
standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or
the
PCAOB, each as amended.
“Senior
Notes” means the 9-5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 issued pursuant to that
certain Indenture dated as of March 13, 2002 among the Borrower (formerly known
as “Mail-Well I Corporation”), the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association (as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company),
as
trustee.
“Solvent”
and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such
Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent
liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets
of
such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will,
incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and
liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a
transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which
such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e)
such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations
and
other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected
to
become an actual or matured liability.
“Subordinated
Notes” means the 7-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (Series A and
Series B) issued pursuant to the Subordinated Notes Documents.
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“Subordinated
Notes Documents” means the Subordinated Notes Indenture, the Subordinated
Notes and all other agreements, instruments and other documents pursuant to
which the Subordinated Notes have been or will be issued or otherwise setting
forth the terms of the Subordinated Notes.
“Subordinated
Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of February 4, 2004 by and
among the Borrower (formerly known as “Mail-Well I Corporation”), the guarantors
party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
“Subsidiary”
of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities
or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
or
other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power
only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
Holdings.
“Swap
Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity
options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options,
bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward
bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions,
currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any
of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject
to
any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the
related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master
Agreement, or any other master agreement governing any transaction described
in
clause (a) above (any such master agreement, together with any related
schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap
Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts,
after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the
date
such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined
in
accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior
to
the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one
or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized
dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate
of a
Lender).
“Synthetic
Debt” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination
thereof, all obligations of such Person in respect of transactions entered
into
by such Person that are intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds
(including any minority interest transactions that function primarily as a
borrowing) but are not otherwise included in the
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definition
of “Indebtedness” or as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of
such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Synthetic
Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an
agreement for the use or possession of property (including sale and leaseback
transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not appear on the
balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor
Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such
Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Target”
has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“Target
Acquisition” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements
hereto.
“Target
Assumed Indebtedness” means any indebtedness that prior to the Closing Date
was indebtedness of the Target and will remain outstanding on and as of the
Closing Date in accordance with Section 7.02.
“Taxes”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
“Tender
Offer” means the tender offer for and repurchase of all of Senior
Notes.
“Tender
Offer Documents” means the offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation
Statement and the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, each prepared in connection
with the Tender Offer.
“Term
Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to Section
2.01.
“Term
Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its
obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.01 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
2.01 under the caption “Term Commitment” or opposite such caption in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time
in
accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Term
Commitments as of the Closing Date is $175,000,000.
“Term
Facility” means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the
aggregate amount of the Term Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter,
the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders
outstanding at such time.
“Term
Lender” means at any time, (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender
that has a Term Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing
Date, any Lender that holds Term Loans at such time.
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“Term
Loan” means an advance made by any Term Lender under the Term
Facility.
“Term
Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term
Lender, evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Lender, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C-1.
“Threshold
Amount” means $35,000,000.
“Total
Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Loans.
“Transaction”
means, collectively, (a) the Target Acquisition, (b) the entering into by the
Loan Parties and their applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which
they are or are intended to be a party and the borrowings thereunder, (c) the
borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement referred to in Section 4.01(e)(i)
and (d) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
consummation of the foregoing.
“Type”
means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Rate Loan.
“Underwriting/Purchase
Agreement” means an agreement for the Exchange Notes in the form of
Exhibit M.
“Unfunded
Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities
under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension
Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding
the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable
plan year.
“United
States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“U.S.
Loan Party” means any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of one of
the states of the United States of America and that is not a CFC.
1.02
Other
Interpretive Provisions.
With
reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(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 (including any Organization Document)
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
or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,”
and
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words
of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer
to
such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof,
(iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary
Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles
and
Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan
Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law
shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) 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) In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words
“to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word
“through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section
headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience
of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document.
1.03
Accounting
Terms.
(a) Generally. All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with
that
used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes
in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan
Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request,
the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good
faith
to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in
light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders);
provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein
and
(ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as
reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect
to
such change in GAAP.
(c) Pro
Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, any calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for any Measurement Period during which
an
Acquisition or Disposition shall have occurred (or shall be deemed to have
occurred for the purposes described in
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clause
(iii) of this Section 1.03(c)) shall each be made on a Pro Forma
Basis for purposes of making the following determinations:
(i)
[intentionally
omitted];
(ii)
determining
compliance with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio (other than whether the conditions precedent for a proposed
transaction have been satisfied as contemplated by subsection
(iii) of this Section 1.03(c));
(iii)
determining
whether the conditions precedent have been satisfied for a proposed transaction
which is permitted hereunder only so long as no Default will result from the
consummation thereof, including, without limitation, any Disposition or any
Investment which results in an Acquisition; and
(iv)
determining
whether a mandatory prepayment is required to be made by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.05(b)(ii) or (v).
“Pro
Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating any financial ratio
(including the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio) or financial amount for any Measurement Period for any of the
purposes specified in this Section 1.03(c), and with respect to each
proposed Acquisition or Disposition and each such transaction actually
consummated in such Measurement Period, that such financial ratio or financial
amount shall be calculated on a pro forma basis based on the following
assumptions: (a) each such transaction shall be deemed to have
occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period; (b) any funds to be used
by any Person in consummating any such transaction will be assumed to have
been
used for that purpose as of the first day of such Measurement Period; (c) any
Indebtedness to be incurred by any Person in connection with the consummation
of
any such transaction will be assumed to have been incurred on the first day
of
such Measurement Period; (d) the gross interest expenses, determined in
accordance with GAAP, with respect to such Indebtedness assumed to have been
incurred on the first day of such Measurement Period that bears interest at
a
floating rate shall be calculated at the current rate (as of the date of such
calculation) under the agreement governing such Indebtedness (including this
Agreement if the Indebtedness is incurred hereunder); and (e) any gross interest
expense, determined in accordance with GAAP, with respect to Indebtedness
outstanding during such Measurement Period that was or is to be refinanced
with
proceeds of a transaction assumed to have been incurred as of the first day
of
the Measurement Period will be excluded from such calculations (and to the
extent not already excluded pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above,
the principal amount of such Indebtedness shall be excluded). “Pro
Forma Basis” may also include such adjustments for expected cost savings as
forecasted by the Borrower in a reasonable manner with appropriate supporting
documentation and representations by management, reasonably satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to
consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or to the
determination of any amount for Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each
variable interest entity that Holdings is required to consolidate pursuant
to
FASB Interpretation No. 46 –
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Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities: an interpretation of ARB No. 51 (January 2003)
as
if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined
herein.
1.04
Rounding.
Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the
other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places
by
which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to
the
nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05
Times
of
Day.
Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references
to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.06
[Intentionally
Omitted].
THE
COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 The
Loans.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally
agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount
not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment. The
Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the
Term Lenders in accordance with their respective
Term Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this
Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate
Loans as further provided herein.
2.02 Borrowings,
Conversions and
Continuations of Loans.
(a) Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations Generally. Each Term Borrowing, each
conversion of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation
of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to
the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion
of
Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of
any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly
by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
be in
a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof. Each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be
in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether
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telephonic
or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term
Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the
Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a
Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed,
converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Term Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower
fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to
give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the
applicable Term Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate
Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be
effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect
to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a
Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any
such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed
to
have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Notice
to Lenders and Funding of Borrowings. Following receipt of a Loan Notice,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of
its
Applicable Percentage under the Facility of the Term Loans, and if no timely
notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic
conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In
the case of a Term Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount
of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds
at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 PM on the Business Day
specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing
is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent
shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower on such Business
Day
in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer of such
funds in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable
to)
the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) Eurodollar
Rate Loans. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may
be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no
Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) Notice
of Interest Rate. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period
for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest
rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change
in
the Prime Rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.
(e) Interest
Periods. After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term
Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the
same Type, there shall not be more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect
in
respect of the Term Facility.
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2.03 [Intentionally
Omitted].
(a) Optional.
(i)
Term Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term
Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
12:00 Noon three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of such Loans;
(B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount
of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and
(C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case,
if
less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such
notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s)
of
Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the
Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the
amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Facility). If such
notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and
the
payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date
specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each
prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section
2.05(a) shall be applied to the principal of the Term Facility, and
each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages in respect of the Term Facility.
(b) Mandatory.
(i)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(ii)
Excess Cash Flow. If the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for any fiscal year
of Holdings commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 is greater
than 3.50 to 1.0 on a Pro Forma Basis as of the end of such fiscal year, no
more
than five Business Days after financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate has
been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for such fiscal year, the
Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to the excess
(if any) of (A) 100% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year covered by
such financial statements over (B) the aggregate principal amount of
Existing Term Loans
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prepaid
pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i) of the Existing Credit Agreement as
in effect on the date hereof.
(iii)
Dispositions. If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
Disposes of any property (other than any Disposition of any property permitted
by Section 7.05(a) through (h)) which results in the
realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall prepay
an
aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds
within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof by such Person;
provided, however, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds
realized under a Disposition described in this Section 2.05(b)(iii), at
the election of the Borrower (as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent no more than two (2) Business Days after the date of such
Disposition), and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such
Net
Cash Proceeds in operating assets so long as within 365 days after the receipt
of such Net Cash Proceeds, such purchase shall have been consummated (as
certified by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent); and
provided further, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not
so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as
set
forth in this Section 2.05(b)(ii).
(iv)
Loss Proceeds. Within five Business Days after financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a), the Borrower
shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans in an amount equal to 100%
of the excess (if any) of (A) Available Loss Proceeds for the immediately
preceding fiscal year, less (B) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of
the Existing Term Loans during such prior fiscal year; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding the forgoing, within two (2) Business
Days of receipt of Loss Proceeds from any single casualty or taking, or series
of related casualties or takings, in excess of the Threshold Amount, the
Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such
Loss Proceeds.
(v)
Debt Issuance. Upon the incurrence or issuance by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than permitted
Acquisition Debt and other Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred
or
issued pursuant to Sections 7.02(a) through (i) and Sections
7.02(k), (l) and (m)), the Borrower shall prepay an
aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds
received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such
Subsidiary; provided, however, that if the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis based on the most recently delivered
Compliance Certificate and financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) or (b)) is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0,
no prepayment under this Section 2.05(b)(v) shall be
required.
(vi)
Application of Prepayments Generally. Each prepayment of Loans
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(b) shall be
applied to the principal of the Term
Facility.
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(vii)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(viii)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no prepayments of
Term Loans shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) except to the
extent of, and not to exceed, the amount of Excess Cash Flow, Net Cash Proceeds
or Available Loss Proceeds, as the case may be, required to be applied toward
such prepayment remaining after any required payment of the Existing Loans
pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (it
being understood that amounts actually applied toward prepayment of the Existing
Loans shall reduce the amount required to be applied toward prepayments
hereunder).
(c) Prepayment
Accounts. Amounts to be applied as provided in clause (b)
above to the prepayment of Loans shall be applied first to reduce outstanding
Base Rate Loans. Any amounts remaining after each such application
shall, at the option of the Borrower, be applied to prepay Eurodollar Rate
Loans
immediately and/or shall be deposited in a separate Prepayment Account (as
defined below) for such Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Administrative
Agent shall apply any cash deposited in the Prepayment Account to prepay
Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of their respective Interest Periods (or,
at the direction of the Borrower, on any earlier date) until all outstanding
Eurodollar Rate Loans have been prepaid or until all the allocable cash on
deposit in the Prepayment Account has been exhausted. For purposes of
this Agreement, the term “Prepayment Account” shall mean an account
established by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent and over which the
Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the
exclusive right of withdrawal for application in accordance with this
clause (c). The Administrative Agent will, at the request of the
Borrower, invest amounts on deposit in the Prepayment Account in Cash
Equivalents that mature prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Periods
of the Eurodollar Rate Loans to be prepaid; provided, however,
that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to make any
investment that, in its sole judgment, would require or cause the Administrative
Agent to be in, or would result in any, violation of any Law, (ii) such
Cash Equivalents shall be subjected to a first priority perfected security
interest in favor of the Administrative Agent and (iii) if any Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the selection of such Cash
Equivalents shall be in the sole discretion of the Administrative
Agent. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for any
losses relating to such investments in Cash Equivalents so that the amount
available to prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of the applicable
Interest Periods is not less than the amount that would have been available
had
no investments been made pursuant hereto. Other than any interest or
profits earned on such investments, the Prepayment Accounts shall not bear
interest. Interest or profits, if any, on the investments in any
Prepayment Account shall accumulate in such Prepayment Account and, so long
as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, shall be paid by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower at the end of each fiscal
quarter. If the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated pursuant
to Section 8.02, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,
apply such funds to satisfy any of the Obligations. The Borrower
hereby pledges and assigns to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and
the
benefit of the Lenders, each Prepayment Account established to secure the
Obligations.
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(d) Prepayments
Under Subordinated Notes Documents. Anything contained in
Section 2.05(b) to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) if, following
the occurrence of any “Asset Sale” (as such term is defined in each of
the Subordinated Notes Documents and the Cadmus Subordinated Notes Documents)
by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the Borrower is required to apply
an
amount equal to any of the “Net Proceeds” (as defined in each of the
Subordinated Notes Documents and the Cadmus Subordinated Notes Documents)
thereof in a particular manner, or to apply by a particular date (an
“Application Date”) an amount equal to any such “Net Proceeds” in
a particular manner, in either case in order to excuse the Borrower from being
required to offer to repurchase Subordinated Notes or Cadmus Subordinated Notes,
and the Borrower shall have failed to so commit or to so apply an amount equal
to such “Net Proceeds” at least 30 days before the applicable Application
Date, or (ii) if the Borrower at any other time shall have failed to apply
or cause to be applied an amount equal to any such “Net Proceeds”, and,
within 30 days thereafter assuming no further application of an amount equal
to
such “Net Proceeds” the Borrower would otherwise be required to offer to
repurchase Subordinated Notes or Cadmus Subordinated Notes, then in either
such
case the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent
no
later than fifteen (15) days prior to such Application Date an amount equal
to
such “Net Proceeds” to be applied to the payment of the Loans (to the
extent not applied to the payment of the Existing Loans pursuant to Section
2.05(d) of the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) in
the
manner set forth in Section 2.05(b) in such amounts as shall
excuse the Borrower from making any offer to repurchase the Subordinated Notes
or the Cadmus Subordinated Notes.
2.06
Termination
or Reduction of
Commitments.
(a) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(b) Mandatory. The
aggregate Term Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to
zero on the date of the Term Borrowing.
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(d) [Intentionally
Omitted].
2.07 Repayment
of Loans.
The
Borrower shall repay to the Term Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate
principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date.
2.08 Interest.
(a) Interest
Rates. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal
to
the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate;
and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; provided,
however,
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that
in no event shall the rate of interest on the Loans payable pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 2.08(a) exceed the Interest Rate
Cap.
(b) Default
Rate.
(i)
If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard
to
any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or
otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest
rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii)
If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under
any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace
periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon
the request of the Required Lenders such amount shall thereafter bear interest
at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default
Rate
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii)
While any Event of Default exists under Section 8.01(a), or upon the
request of the Required Lenders while any Event of Default exists under any
other provision of Section 8.01, the Borrower shall pay interest on the
principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv)
Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past
due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest
Payment Date. Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may
be
specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in
accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and
after
the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09 Fees.
The
Borrower shall pay to the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their
own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the
Fee Letters. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not
be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.10 Computation
of Interest and
Fees.
All
computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined
by
the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
the
case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees
and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid
than
if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on
each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a
Loan,
or any portion thereof, for the
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day
on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is
repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section
2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.11 Evidence
of
Debt.
(a) Accounts
and Records of Credit Extensions. The Credit Extensions made by each Lender
shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender
and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative
Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount
of
the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest
and
payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower
hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In
the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect
of
such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control
in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made
through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to
such
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such
Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender
may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if
applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect
thereto.
(b) [Intentionally
Omitted].
2.12 Payments
Generally;
Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General. All
payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction
for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder
shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective
Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in
Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the
date
specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute
to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the Facility (or other
applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received
by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments
received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received
on
the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall
continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall
come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next
following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in
computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) Presumptions
by the Administrative Agent.
(i)
Funding by Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of
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Eurodollar
Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00
noon on the date of such 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 Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available
in
accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) 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 in immediately available
funds 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 (A) in the case of a payment to be made by
such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by
the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily
charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and
(B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall
pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping
period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount
of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender
pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then
the
amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to
any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to
make
such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)
Payments by Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at 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 Appropriate Lenders
the
amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders severally agrees to repay to
the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day
from
and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal
Funds
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
A
notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect
to
any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.
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(c) Failure
to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to
the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as
provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such
funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because
the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as
received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations
of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to
make Term Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or
to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder
shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so
on
such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment under
Section 11.04(c).
(e) Funding
Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to
obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute
a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds
for
any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(f) Insufficient
Funds. 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, toward 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, toward
payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such
parties.
2.13 Sharing
of Payments by
Lenders.
If
any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or
otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of the
Facility due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the
proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such
Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in
respect of the Facility due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under
the
other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations
in
respect of the Facility due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under
the
other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time
or
(b) Obligations in respect of the Facility owing (but not due and payable)
to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in
excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount
of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such
time
to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of the Facility
owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations in
respect of the Facility owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders
at such time, then, in each case under (a) or (b) above,
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the
Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face
value) participations in the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other
adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments
shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of Obligations in respect of the Facility then due and payable to the Lenders
or
owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be,
provided that:
(1) if
any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations
or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(2) the
provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or (B) 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
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall
apply).
Each
Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise consents in writing:
(a) Issuance.
(i)
Subject to Section 2.15(a)(v), at the option of the Administrative Agent, after
consultation with the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower
at least 30 days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent) prior written notice (such notice, an “Exchange
Notice”) (A) specifying the proposed date for the exchange and conversion of
the Loans into Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Indenture (such
date, the “Exchange Date”), (B) attaching the form of the Exchange
Indenture, (C) providing (i) all information regarding any Lenders that would
be
required to be included in a registration statement relating to the resale
of
securities by such Lenders and (ii) in the event that the Exchange Notes will
be
re-sold in either (x) an offering registered pursuant to the Securities Act,
or
(y) in an offering pursuant to exemption(s) from registration under the
Securities Act, the Lenders’ intended plan of distribution for the Preliminary
Offering Documents and (D) specifying whether the Exchange Notes will be (i)
re-sold in either (x) an offering registered pursuant to the Securities Act,
or
(y) in an offering pursuant to
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exemption(s)
from registration under the Securities Act and, if the latter, specifying on
what exemption(s) from registration under the Securities Act such Lenders will
rely or (ii) converted and held by the Lenders; provided, however, that in
the
case of either (x) an offering pursuant to exemption(s) from registration under
the Securities Act or (y) any conversion without an offering, the Borrower
shall
execute the Registration Rights Agreement.
(ii)
On the Exchange Date, the Borrower and the Guarantors will execute and deliver
the Exchange Indenture (or, if the Exchange Notes are to be issued under the
Subordinated Notes Indenture, the Borrower and the Guarantors will take such
actions as are required under the Subordinated Notes Indenture to issue the
Exchange Notes). On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, each Lender shall receive exchange notes (the “Exchange
Notes”) issued pursuant to the Exchange Indenture in exchange for all of its
Loans then outstanding in a principal amount equal to 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of such Loans, and such Loans shall be deemed converted into
the Exchange Notes as a result of such exchange.
(iii)
The Borrower agrees that, on or prior to the Exchange Date: (A) the Borrower
shall have issued the applicable Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Indenture substantially in the applicable form set forth therein and (B) the
Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a copy of resolutions
of the applicable board of directors of the Borrower and the Guarantors
approving the execution and delivery of the Exchange Indenture (or, if the
Exchange Notes are to be issued under the Subordinated Notes Indenture, a copy
of resolutions of the applicable board of directors of the Borrower and the
Guarantors approving the execution and delivery of appropriate documentation
pursuant to the issuance of the Exchange Notes under the Subordinated Notes
Indenture) and, in the case of the Borrower, the issuance of the applicable
Exchange Notes, together with a customary certificate of the secretary of the
Borrower or such Guarantor as to such resolutions.
(iv)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is expressly agreed
and acknowledged that (A) each exchange of a Loan for Exchange Notes shall
not
operate as a novation of the Indebtedness represented by such Loan and (B)
the
Indebtedness represented by the Exchange Notes shall be deemed to be a
conversion of the Loans into the Exchange Notes.
(v)
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15(a), following
delivery of an Exchange Notice from the Lead Arranger, the Borrower may within
five business days thereof notify the Lead Arranger that the Board of Directors
of the Borrower has resolved that the Borrower has a bona fide business purpose
or reason (and shall describe to the Lead Arranger in reasonable detail all
material facts underlying such resolution) to delay, without liability of any
kind, the conversion of the Loans into Exchange Notes and the related offering
and sale of the Exchange Notes for a period or periods (each a “Delay
Period”) expiring upon the earlier to occur of (A) the date on which such
business purpose or reason
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ceases
or (B) 45 days after the Borrower notifies the Lead Arranger of such good faith
determination; provided, however, that the Delay Period shall expire 30 days
after the Borrower notifies the Lead Arranger of such good faith determination
if the Lead Arranger shall not consent to the imposition of the Delay
Period. There shall not be more than 45 days of Delay Periods during
any 12-month period.
(b) Terms. All
Exchange Notes shall be issued by the Borrower and shall be guaranteed by the
Guarantors on the terms set forth in the Exchange Indenture. The
Exchange Notes shall bear interest at the Exchange Note Interest Rate as set
forth in the Exchange Indenture, which interest shall accrue on the principal
amount of such Exchange Notes and be payable on the terms set forth in the
Exchange Indenture. Following the issuance of the Exchange Notes, all
terms thereof shall be governed by the Exchange Indenture and not by this
Agreement.
(c) Procedure
for Issuance. Subject to Section 2.15(a)(v), if an offering of
the Exchange Notes is to be undertaken in connection with such exchange or
otherwise, not more than 5 Business Days and no less than 3 Business Days prior
to the Exchange Date specified in the Exchange Notice (or, in the case of clause
(ii) below, on the Exchange Date):
(i)
the Borrower shall issue and deliver to the Administrative Agent the Exchange
Notes requested pursuant to such Exchange Notice (and, on the Exchange Date,
the
Administrative Agent shall deliver such Exchange Notes to the applicable
Lenders);
(ii)
the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders all accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts due hereunder
with
respect to the Loans being exchanged through the Exchange Date, together with
any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05;
(iii)
the Borrower shall deliver, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, such other certificates, documents,
consents or opinions specified in the Underwriting/Purchase Agreement;
and
(iv)
the Borrower shall take such further actions as may be required by the trustee
to effect the issuance of the Exchange Notes in accordance with the terms hereof
and under, but subject to, the Exchange Indenture.
(d) Additional
Covenants. If an offering of the Exchange Notes is to be
undertaken in connection with such exchange or otherwise, Holdings and the
Borrower will do all commercially reasonable things required in the reasonable
opinion of the Lead Arranger, in connection with the conversion of the Loans
into the Exchange Notes and initial resale of the Exchange Notes, and as soon
as
practicable, but in no event more than 20 days prior to the Exchange Date,
(A)
Holdings and the Borrower shall have prepared and delivered to the Lead Arranger
the Preliminary Offering Documents, (B) if requested by the Lead Arranger,
Holdings and the Borrower shall have made appropriate officers of
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Holdings
and the Borrower available as reasonable and customary for meetings with rating
agencies, and obtained a rating for such Exchange Notes from Xxxxx’x and S&P
and (C) Holdings and the Borrower shall have cooperated (without any obligation
to incur undue cost) with the Lead Arranger in preparing “road show” or “bank
meeting” materials as reasonably requested by the Lead Arranger in customary
form for the Exchange Notes. Subject to Section 2.15(a)(v), during
the 15-day period prior to the Exchange Date, Holdings and the Borrower shall
have made senior executives of Holdings and the Borrower available for “road
show” or other appropriate marketing presentations in the United States as is
reasonable and customary for the Exchange Notes and otherwise cooperate as
reasonably requested by the Lead Arranger in marketing the Exchange
Notes.
(e) Subject
to Section 2.15(a)(v), if the Borrower fails to comply in any material respect
with the covenants set forth above in this Section 2.15 on or before the
Exchange Date, then the Lenders shall retain all of their rights and remedies
with respect to the Loans pursuant to this Agreement until such covenants are
satisfied, unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, waives
compliance with any such covenants and causes the Loans to be converted into
Exchange Notes.
(f) In
connection with the conversion of the Loans into an equal principal amount
of
Exchange Notes, the Lead Arranger shall determine, in its discretion, whether
the Exchange Notes will be (a) offered and sold to the public pursuant to a
registration statement (a “Registered Offering”) filed under the
Securities Act or (b) offered and sold (i) to “qualified institutional buyers”
as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and (ii) outside
the United States to certain persons who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act) in offshore transactions in reliance
on
Regulation S (an “Exempt Offering”). In the event that the
Exchange Notes are offered and sold pursuant to a Registered Offering, the
Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Lead Arranger shall as and when appropriate
enter into a single agreement in the form of the agreement attached as Exhibit
M
hereto revised to reflect a Registered Offering and, alternatively, in the
event
that the Exchange Notes are offered and sold pursuant to an Exempt Offering,
the
Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Lead Arranger shall enter into a single
agreement in the form of the agreement attached as Exhibit M hereto revised
to
reflect an Exempt Offering.
TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes.
(a) Payments
Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower or Holdings hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding
for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Borrower
shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including
any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required
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deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section)
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, shall
timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority
in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrower and Holdings. Without limiting the
provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower and Holdings shall timely
pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(c) Indemnification
by the Borrower and Holdings. The Borrower and Holdings shall
jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within
10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes
or
Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted
on
or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties,
interest and reasonable 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 (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence
of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may
be, to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may
be,
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.
(e) Status
of Lenders. 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 or Holdings, as the case may be, is resident for tax purposes,
or
any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and
Holdings (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, Holdings
or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any
Lender, if requested by the Borrower, Holdings or the Administrative Agent,
shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower, Holdings or the Administrative Agent
as
will enable the Borrower, Holdings or the Administrative Agent to determine
whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information
reporting requirements.
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Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower or Holdings, as the
case may be, is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign
Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent
(in
such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to
the
date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and
from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower, Holdings or
the
Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to
do
so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party,
(ii) duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in
the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate
to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the
meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent
shareholder” of the Borrower or Holdings within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation”
described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly completed
copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any
other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from
or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together
with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law
to
permit the Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be
made.
(f) Treatment
of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes
or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or Holdings,
as the case may be, or with respect to which the Borrower or Holdings, as the
case may be, has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall
pay
to the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, an amount equal to such refund
(but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid,
by the Borrower or Holdings under this Section with respect to the Taxes or
Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower or Holdings, as
the case may be, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender,
agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower or Holdings (plus
any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority), as the case may be, to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
if
the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to
such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns
(or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential)
to
the Borrower, Holdings or any other Person.
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3.02 Illegality.
If
any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or
its
applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans,
or to
determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any
Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of
such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London
interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through
the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue
Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the
Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand
from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if
applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans,
either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the
Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
3.03 Inability
to Determine
Rates.
If
the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any
request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof
that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of
such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist
for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for
any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan
does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding
such
Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each
Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon
the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing
that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04 Increased
Costs; Reserves on
Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a) Increased
Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for
the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except
any
reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e));
(ii) subject
any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement,
or
any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of
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taxation
of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes
or
Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change
in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender); or
(iii) impose
on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or
expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate 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 Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received
or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any
other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, 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) Capital
Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law
affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s
holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has 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, as a consequence of this Agreement,
the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, such Lender, to a level
below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could 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), 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) Certificates
for Reimbursement. 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 subsection (a) or (b) of this Section
and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay
in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of 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 the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs
incurred or reductions suffered more than 120 days prior to the date that such
Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation
therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs
or reductions is retroactive, then the 120 day period referred to above shall
be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves
on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender,
as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect
to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits
(currently
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known
as “Eurocurrency liabilities,” as defined in Regulation D of the FRB),
additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate
Loan
equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender
(as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest
is
payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least
10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such
additional interest from such Lender together with a schedule containing a
reasonably detailed explanation and calculation thereof; and provided,
further, that such additional interest shall not exceed an amount
based
upon an interest rate per annum equal to the remainder obtained by subtracting
(i) the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a
percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage of such Lender
for such Interest Period. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days
prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall
be
due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.
3.05 Compensation
for
Losses.
Upon
demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to
time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such
Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result
of:
(a) any
continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan
on a
day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether
voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or
otherwise);
(b) any
failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender
to
make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan
on
the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any
assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant
to
Section 11.13;
excluding
any loss of anticipated profits but including any loss or expense arising from
the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan
or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative
fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For
purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under
this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each
Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a
matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market
for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
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3.06 Mitigation
Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation
of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 3.04, or 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 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice
pursuant to Section 3.02, 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 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the
future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as
applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not, in the good faith judgment of such
Lender, otherwise be materially 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) Replacement
of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, 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 3.01, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with
Section 11.13.
3.07 Survival.
All
of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive
termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations
hereunder.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 Conditions
of Initial Credit
Extension.
The
obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is
subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Documents,
Certificates, Opinions and Other Instruments. The Administrative Agent’s
receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies
(followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly
executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the
Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a
recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i)
executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty, sufficient in number
for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the
Borrower;
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(ii)
a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a
Note;
(iii)
[Intentionally Omitted];
(iv)
[Intentionally Omitted];
(v)
[Intentionally Omitted];
(vi)
such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or
other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the
Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity
of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer
in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such
Loan Party is a party or is to be a party;
(vii)
such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed and is
validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(viii)
a favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., General Counsel of Holdings,
addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set
forth in Exhibit J-1 and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties
and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
(ix)
a favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, special New York counsel
to the Loan Parties addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
as to
the matters set forth in Exhibit J-2 and such other matters concerning
the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request;
(x)
a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either
(A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party
and
the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and
effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so
required;
(xi)
a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying
(A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and
(b) have been satisfied, (B) that, to the best of his
knowledge, there has not occurred since February 3, 2007 any development,
change, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had,
or
is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement), (C) that, to the best of his
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knowledge,
there has not occurred any default or event of default in respect of the Target
Assumed Indebtedness, which default or event of default could reasonably be
expected to be materially adverse to any Loan Party or the Lenders and (D)
that
the Target Acquisition has been consummated or will be consummated
contemporaneously on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the
Purchase Agreement, without the waiver, amendment, supplement or other
modification of any such terms not approved by the Administrative Agent and
the
Lead Arranger;
(xii)
a certificate attesting to the Solvency of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transaction, from the chief
financial officer of Holdings;
(xiii)
[intentionally omitted];
(xiv)
evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan
Documents has been obtained and is in effect;
(xv)
certified copies of each of the Related Documents, duly executed by the parties
thereto and in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, together with
all
agreements, instruments and other documents delivered in connection therewith
as
the Administrative Agent shall request;
(xvi)
[intentionally omitted];
(xvii)
a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief financial
officer or treasurer of the Borrower, certifying that the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Loans, the
additional borrowings under the Existing Credit Agreement referred to in clause
(e)(i) below and the Target Acquisition, as of June 30, 2007, shall not be
more
than 5.25:1.00; and
(xviii)
such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably may require.
(b) Fees. (i) All
fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger
on or
before the Closing Date shall have been paid and (ii) all fees required to
be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been
paid.
(c) Counsel’s
Fees. The Borrower shall have paid all reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such
counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced prior
to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and
disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the
closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter
preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent).
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(d) Borrower
Information. All of the information made available to the Administrative
Agent prior to August 8, 2007 shall be complete and correct in all material
respects; and since August 8, 2007, no changes or developments shall have
occurred, and no new or additional information shall have been received or
discovered by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders regarding Holdings, the
Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries or the Transaction that
(A) either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) purports to materially adversely
affect the Facility or any other aspect of the Transaction.
(e) Target
Acquisition, Etc. (i) The Borrower shall have received at least
$35,000,000 in gross proceeds from borrowings under the Existing Credit
Agreement contemporaneously on the Closing Date and (ii) the Target Acquisition
shall have been consummated or shall be consummated contemporaneously on the
Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, without
the
waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification of any such terms not
approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger.
(f) Corporate
Rating. The Borrower shall have used commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain confirmation or modification of the ratings given to its
corporate credit by Xxxxx’x and S&P.
(g) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(h) [Intentionally
Omitted].
Without
limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes
of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section
4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
4.02 Conditions
to all Credit
Extensions.
The
obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other
than
a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans of one Type to another
Type,
or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each
other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or
which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection
herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on
and
as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date.
(b) No
Default. No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit
Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
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(c) Request
for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request
for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each
Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a
conversion of Loans of one Type to another Type or a continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation
and
warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and
(b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable
Credit Extension.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Each
of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative
Agent
and the Lenders that:
5.01 Existence,
Qualification and
Power.
Each
Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or formed,
validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization; provided, that on the
Closing Date and for the twenty (20) days thereafter, those certain Loan Parties
set forth on Schedule 5.01 shall be excluded from this clause (a), (b) has
all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and
carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents or Material Contracts to which it is a party and
consummate the Transaction, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and,
as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in
clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02 Authorization;
No
Contravention.
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document
and
Related Document to which such Person is or is to be a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do
not
and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization
Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of,
or result in the creation of any Lien under (i) any Existing Loan
Documents, (ii) any other Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a
party
or binding upon such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its
property is subject; or (c) violate any Law, except in each case referred
to in the foregoing clauses (b)(ii), (b)(iii) and (c), to the extent that
such conflict, breach, contravention or violation could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.03 Governmental
Authorization;
Other Consents.
No
approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice
to,
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary
or
required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by,
or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or Material Contract, or for the consummation of the Transaction or
(b) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights
under the Loan Documents, except for such authorizations, approvals, actions,
notices and filings that have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and
are
in full force and effect. All applicable waiting periods in
connection with the Transaction have expired without any action having been
taken by any Governmental Authority restraining, preventing or imposing
materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction or the rights of the Loan
Parties or their Subsidiaries freely to transfer or otherwise dispose of, or
to
create any Lien on, any properties now owned or hereafter acquired by any of
them.
5.04 Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder,
will
have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party
thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document
when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
each
Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party that
is
party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by equitable principles regardless
of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
5.05 Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; No Internal Control
Event.
(a) The
Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of
operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly
noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other
liabilities, direct or contingent, of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the
date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness.
(b) The
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at
June
30, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
and
cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the
financial condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof
and
their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the
case
of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end
audit adjustments.
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(c) Since
the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or
circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To
the best knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, no Internal Control Event
exists or has occurred since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that
has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a misstatement
in
any material respect, in any financial information delivered or to be delivered
to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, of (i) covenant compliance
calculations provided hereunder or (ii) the assets, liabilities, financial
condition or results of operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis.
(e) The
consolidated forecasted balance sheets, statements of income and cash flows
of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 4.01
were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein,
which assumptions were reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the
time of delivery of such forecasts.
(f) On
the Closing Date, there has not occurred (i) since February 3, 2007, any
development, change, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate
(after giving effect to any funds available or reasonably likely to be available
to the Loan Parties under the Escrow Agreement (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement)), has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or (ii) any default or event of default
in respect of the Target Assumed Indebtedness, which default or event of default
could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to any Loan Party or
the
Lenders.
5.06 Litigation.
There
are no actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, claims or disputes pending
or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower after due and diligent
investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration
or
before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower, Holdings or
any
of its other Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that
(a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any Related Document or the consummation of the Transaction, or
(b) except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.06 (the
“Disclosed Litigation”), either individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there has been
no
material adverse change in the status, or financial effect on any Loan Party
or
any Subsidiary thereof, of the matters described in Schedule
5.06.
5.07 No
Default.
Neither
any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or with respect
to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually
or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document.
(a) Each
Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title
in
fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary
or
used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title
as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Schedule 5.08(b)
sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of all Liens
on
the property or assets of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries, showing
as of the Closing Date the lienholder thereof, the principal amount of the
obligations secured thereby and the property or assets of such Loan Party or
such Subsidiary subject thereto. The property of each Loan Party and
each of its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens set forth
on
Schedule 5.08(b), and as otherwise permitted by Section
7.01.
(c) Schedule 5.08(c)
sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of all real
property owned by each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries, showing as
of
the Closing Date the street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction,
state, record owner and net book value thereof. Each Loan Party and
each of its Subsidiaries has good, marketable and insurable fee simple title
to
the real property owned by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, free and clear
of
all Liens, other than Liens created or permitted by the Loan
Documents.
(d) Schedules 5.08(d)(i)
and (ii) sets forth as of the Closing Date a complete and accurate
list of all leases of real property under which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
of a Loan Party is the lessee or the lessor, respectively, showing as of the
Closing Date the street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state,
lessor, lessee and annual rental cost thereof. Each such lease is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party or Subsidiary party
thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party or Subsidiary in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief
Laws and by equitable principles regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) Schedule 5.08(e)
sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Investments held by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party on the Closing Date (other than
Investments in Subsidiaries), showing as of the Closing Date the amount, obligor
or issuer and maturity, if any, thereof.
5.09 Environmental
Compliance.
(a) The
Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course
of
business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims
alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any
Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties,
and
as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that, except as
specifically disclosed in
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Schedule 5.09,
such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
as otherwise set forth in Schedule 5.09, (i) none of the
material properties currently or, to the best knowledge of Holdings and the
Borrower, formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS
or
any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property;
(ii) there are no and never have been any underground or above-ground
storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons
in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed
on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or to the best
of
the knowledge of the Loan Parties, on any property formerly owned or operated
by
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case except in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) there is no asbestos or
asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by
any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case except in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws, and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not
been released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly
owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in violation
of
any Environmental Laws.
(c) Except
as otherwise set forth on Schedule 5.09, neither any Loan Party nor
any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking, and has not completed, either
individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any
investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any
actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials
at
any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order
of
any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law; and
all
Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or
transported to or from, any property currently or, to the knowledge of Holdings
and the Borrower, formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result
in material liability to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.10 Insurance.
The
properties of the Borrower, Holdings and its other Subsidiaries are insured
with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies having an A.M. Best
Financial Strength Rating of at least A (other than the insurance with Arch
Insurance Company which shall have an A.M. Best Financial
Strength Rating of at least A-) which are not Affiliates of the Borrower, in
such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties
in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary
operates.
5.11 Taxes.
The
Borrower, Holdings and its other Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state
and
other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid
all
Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges levied or imposed upon them
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or
their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those
which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with GAAP. To the best knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, there
is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower, Holdings or any other
Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to
any tax sharing agreement. The Borrower, Holdings and its other
Subsidiaries had, as of December 31, 2006, net operating loss carry forwards
for
U.S. Federal income tax purposes equal in the aggregate to at least
$189,200,000.
5.12 ERISA
Compliance.
(a) Compliance
Generally. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state
Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section
401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the
IRS (or is a prototype plan that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter
from the IRS) or an application for such a letter is currently being processed
by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such
qualification. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each Pension Plan, and no application for a funding
waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of
the
Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
(b) Pending
Claims. There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority,
with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation
of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted
or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) No
ERISA or Unfunded Pension Liability. (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or
is reasonably expected to occur that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension
Liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a liability in an
amount in excess of $50,000,000; and (iii) neither the Borrower nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
(A) under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than
premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), (B) under
Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan (and no
event
has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA,
would
result in such liability), or (C) as a result of a transaction that could
be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, which liability described
in the foregoing clauses (A) through (C), individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to exceed $50,000,000.
5.13 Subsidiaries;
Equity
Interests; Loan Parties.
As
of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries
other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule
5.13, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such
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Subsidiaries
have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned
directly or indirectly by a Loan Party in the amounts specified in Part
(a) of Schedule 5.13 free and clear of all Liens except those
created under the Existing Collateral Documents. As of the Closing
Date, no Loan Party has any equity investments in any other corporation or
entity other than such Subsidiaries and those specifically disclosed in Part
(b) of Schedule 5.13. All of the outstanding Equity
Interests in the Borrower have been validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned by Holdings free and clear of all Liens except
those created under the Existing Collateral Documents. Set forth in
Part (c) of Schedule 5.13 is a complete and accurate list of
Holdings and all Loan Parties, showing as of the Closing Date, the jurisdiction
of its incorporation, the address of its principal place of business and its
U.S. taxpayer identification number or, in the case of any non-U.S. Loan Party
that does not have a U.S. taxpayer identification number, its unique
identification number issued to it by the jurisdiction of its
incorporation. The copy of the charter of each Loan Party and each
amendment thereto provided pursuant to Section 4.01(a) is a true and
correct copy of each such document, each of which is valid and in full force
and
effect as of the Closing Date.
5.14 Margin
Regulations; Investment
Company Act.
(a) Margin
Stock. The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as
one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or
extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock.
(b) Investment
Company Act. None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or
any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.15 Disclosure.
The
Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or
any
of its Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party is subject, and all other matters
known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial
statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or
orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (in each case as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished), taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially
misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents only that such
information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be
reasonable at the time.
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5.16 Compliance
with
Laws.
Each
Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects
with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which
(a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or
(b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.17 Intellectual
Property;
Licenses, Etc.
Each
Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all
of
the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively,
“IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their
respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person,
and
Schedule 5.17 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all such IP
Rights owned or licensed by each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries as
of
the Closing Date. To the best knowledge of the Borrower and Holdings,
no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance,
part
or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any
Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other
Person. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.17, no
claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower and Holdings, threatened, which, either individually
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.18 Solvency.
Each
Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, Solvent.
5.19 Casualty,
Etc.
Neither
the businesses nor the properties of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor
dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public
enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance) that, either
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.20 Labor
Matters.
Except
as described on Schedule 5.20 hereto, there are no collective bargaining
agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower
or any
of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and to the best knowledge of any
Responsible Officer of the Borrower and Holdings, neither the Borrower nor
any
Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material
labor difficulty within the last five years.
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5.21 [Intentionally
Omitted].
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, each of Holdings and
the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth
in
Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03 and 6.11) cause each
Subsidiary to:
6.01 Financial
Statements.
Deliver
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (provided
that
the Required Lenders shall be deemed to find the following items satisfactory
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required
Lenders specifying their objections thereto within five Business Days of the
Lenders’ receipt of such items):
(a) Annual
Financials. As soon as available, but in any event within 110 days after the
end of each fiscal year of Holdings, a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash
flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the
figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared
in
accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by (i) a report and opinion
of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall
be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and applicable
Securities Laws and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like
qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope
of
such audit or with respect to the absence of any material misstatement and
(ii) an opinion of such Registered Public Accounting Firm independently
assessing Holdings’ internal controls over financial reporting in accordance
with Item 308 of SEC Regulation S-K, PCAOB Auditing Standard Xx. 0, xxx Xxxxxxx
000 xx Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx expressing a conclusion that contains no statement that
there is a material weakness in such internal controls, except for such material
weaknesses as to which the Required Lenders do not object;
(b) Quarterly
Financials. As soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the
end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Holdings,
a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of
such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of
Holdings’ fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year
and
the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail,
such consolidated statements to be certified by the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of Holdings as fairly
presenting the
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financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments
and
the absence of footnotes; and
As
to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section
6.02(d), neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall be separately required to
furnish such information under Section 6.01(a) or
(b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the
obligation of Holdings and the Borrower to furnish the information and materials
described in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above at the times
specified therein.
6.02 Certificates;
Other
Information.
Deliver
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (provided
that
the Required Lenders shall be deemed to find the following items satisfactory
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required
Lenders specifying their objections thereto within five Business Days of the
Lenders’ receipt of such items):
(a) [Intentionally
Omitted];
(b) Compliance
Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed
Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower, and in the event of any change
in generally accepted accounting principles used in the preparation of such
financial statements, the Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the
determination of compliance with Section 7.11, a statement of
reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP;
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted];
(d) SEC
Filings. Promptly after the same are available, copies of each
annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication
sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular,
periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower
may
file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or with any national securities exchange,
and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent pursuant hereto;
(e) Other
Reports. Promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or
report furnished to any holder of Existing Loans or debt securities of any
Loan
Party or of any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit
Agreement or any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not
otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.01 or any other clause of this
Section 6.02;
(f) Insurance
Coverage. As soon as available, but in any event within 30 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a report summarizing the insurance
coverage (specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for each Loan Party
and
its
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Subsidiaries
and containing such additional information as the Administrative Agent, or
any
Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably specify;
(g) Investigations.
Promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days after receipt thereof by
any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other
correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable
non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation
or
other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results
of
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
(h) Related
Document Notices. Not later than five Business Days after receipt thereof by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of all notices, requests and
other documents (including amendments, waivers and other modifications) so
received under or pursuant to any Related Document regarding or related to
any
breach or default by any party thereto or any other event that could materially
impair the value of the interests or the rights of any Loan Party or otherwise
have a Material Adverse Effect and, from time to time upon request by the
Administrative Agent, such information and reports regarding the Related
Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(i) Environmental
Notices. Promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any
action or proceeding against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, arising
under, or of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
with
any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) Schedule
Supplements. As soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, (i) a report supplementing
Schedules 5.08(c), 5.08(d)(i) and 5.08(d)(ii),
including an identification of all owned and leased real property disposed
of by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof during such fiscal year, a list and
description (including the street address, county or other relevant
jurisdiction, state, record owner, book value thereof and, in the case of leases
of property, lessor, lessee, expiration date and annual rental cost thereof)
of
all real property acquired or leased during such fiscal year and a description
of such other changes in the information included in such schedules as may
be
necessary for such schedules to be accurate and complete; (ii) a report
supplementing Schedule 5.17, setting forth (A) a list of
registration numbers for all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names
and
copyrights awarded to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof during such
fiscal year and (B) a list of all patent applications, trademark
applications, service xxxx applications, trade name applications and copyright
applications submitted by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof during such
fiscal year and the status of each such application; and (iii) a report
supplementing Schedules 5.08(e) and 5.13 containing a
description of all changes in the information included in such schedules as
may
be necessary for such schedules to be accurate and complete, each such report
to
be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and to be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(k) Additional
Information. Promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial, legal or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably
request.
Documents
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
(b) or Section 6.02(d) (to the extent any such
documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or
provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website
address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents
are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any,
to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a
commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative
Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver
paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that
requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request
to
cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents
and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions
(i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required
to
provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section
6.02(b) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such
Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation
to
request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above,
and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the
Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely
responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such
documents.
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the
Lead Arranger will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information
provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower
Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another
similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the
Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to
receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its
securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby
agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion
of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and
that
(w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked
“PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear
prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials
“PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative
Agent, the Lead Arranger and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as
not
containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive
and
proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of
United States Federal and state securities laws (provided,
however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute
Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.07);
(y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available
through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger shall be entitled to treat any
Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for
posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public
Investor.” Notwithstanding
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the
foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to xxxx any Borrower
Materials “PUBLIC”.
6.03 Notices.
Promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) of
the occurrence of any Default;
(b) of
any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any
default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or
suspension between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof and any Governmental
Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in,
any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof,
including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, but only if any of
the
matters described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) has
resulted or reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) after
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or Holdings knows or has reason to know
of
the occurrence of any ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to result
in
liability of one or more Loan Parties in excess of $1,000,000;
(d) of
any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices
by
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
(e) of
the determination by the Registered Public Accounting Firm providing the opinion
required under Section 6.01(a)(ii) (in connection with its preparation of
such opinion) or the Borrower’s determination at any time of the
occurrence or existence of any Internal Control Event; and
(f) of
the (i) occurrence of any Disposition of property or assets for which the
Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.05(b)(iii), and (ii) incurrence or issuance of any
Indebtedness for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(v).
(g) [Intentionally
Omitted].
Each
notice pursuant to Section 6.03 (other than Section 6.03(f)) shall
be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting
forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action
the
Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each
notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity
any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have
been breached.
6.04 Payment
of
Obligations.
Pay
and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations
and
liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and
governmental charges or levies upon it
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or
its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance
with GAAP are being maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its
property, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, adequate reserves in accordance
with GAAP are being maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary
and
such contest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any
subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing
such Indebtedness.
6.05 Preservation
of Existence,
Etc.
(a) Preserve,
renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a
transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05;
(b) take
all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses
and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except
to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) preserve
or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service
marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 Maintenance
of
Properties.
(a) Maintain,
preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary
in
the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary
wear
and tear excepted;
(b) make
all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except
where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(c) use
the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance
of
its facilities.
6.07 Maintenance
of
Insurance.
Maintain
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies having an A.M. Best
Financial Strength Rating of at least A (other than the insurance with Arch
Insurance Company which shall have an A.M. Best Financial
Strength Rating of at least A-) which are not Affiliates of the Borrower,
insurance with respect to its properties and business against interruption,
loss
or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the
same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily
carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and providing for
not
less than 30 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent of termination,
lapse or cancellation of such insurance.
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6.08 Compliance
with
Laws.
Comply
in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders,
writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property,
except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order,
writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09 Books
and
Records.
Maintain
proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries
in
conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial
transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
6.10
Inspection
Rights.
Permit
representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and
each
Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate,
financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom,
and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers,
and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and
at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower;
provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent and Lenders shall conduct
no more than one such inspection per fiscal year at Borrower’s expense;
provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives
or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the
Borrower at any time and from time to time during normal business hours and
without advance notice.
6.11 Use
of
Proceeds.
Use
the proceeds of the Credit Extensions to consummate the
Transaction.
6.12 Covenant
to Guarantee
Obligations and Give Security.
(a) Upon
the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Subsidiary (other
than Graphic Arts Center de Mexico and any Subsidiary that is held directly
or
indirectly by a CFC) by any Loan Party, then the Borrower shall, at the
Borrower’s expense:
(i)
within 30 days after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary,
and cause each direct and indirect parent of such Subsidiary (if it has not
already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Joinder Agreement, pursuant to which such other Loan Party shall guaranty the
other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents,
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(ii)
within 15 days after such formation or acquisition, furnish to the
Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal properties of such
Subsidiary, in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iii)
[intentionally omitted],
(iv)
[intentionally omitted],
(v)
within 60 days after such formation or acquisition, deliver to the
Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the
Administrative Agent and the other Guarantied Parties, of counsel for the Loan
Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (certain of which
opinions, in the Administrative Agent’s discretion, may be given by in-house
counsel) as to the matters contained in clause (i) above, and as to
such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
and
(vi)
as promptly as practicable after such formation or acquisition, deliver, upon
the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to the
Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of real property owned or
held
by the entity that is the subject of such formation or acquisition title
reports, surveys and engineering, soils and other reports, and environmental
assessment reports, each in scope, form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent, provided, however, that to the
extent that any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall have otherwise
received any of the foregoing items with respect to such real property, such
items shall, promptly after the receipt thereof, be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
(b) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(d) At
any time upon request of the Administrative Agent, promptly execute and deliver
any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action
as
the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full
benefits of such guaranties.
6.13 Compliance
with Environmental
Laws.
Comply,
and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other Persons
operating or occupying its properties to comply, in all material respects,
with
all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew
all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and
conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any
cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up
all
Hazardous Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with the
requirements of all Environmental Laws; provided, however, that
neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake
any
such cleanup, removal, remedial or other action to the extent that its
obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings
and
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appropriate
reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance
with GAAP.
6.14 Preparation
of Environmental
Reports.
At
the request of the Required Lenders from time to time upon the occurrence of
any
release of Hazardous Materials or other event governed by Environmental Law
that
could reasonably be expected to materially impair the interests of the
Guarantied Parties in any material property of the Loan Parties, provide to
the
Lenders within 90 days after such request, at the expense of the Borrower,
an environmental site assessment report for any of such properties, prepared
by
an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the
estimated cost of any compliance, removal or remedial action in connection
with
any Hazardous Materials on such properties; without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent determines at any time that a
material risk exists that any such report will not be provided within the time
referred to above, the Administrative Agent may retain an environmental
consulting firm to prepare such report at the expense of the Borrower, and
the
Borrower hereby grants and agrees to cause any Subsidiary that owns any property
described in such request to grant at the time of such request to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, such firm and any agents or representatives
thereof an irrevocable non-exclusive license, subject to the rights of tenants,
to enter onto their respective properties to undertake such an
assessment.
6.15 Further
Assurances.
Promptly
upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the
Administrative Agent, (a) correct any material defect or error that may be
discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing
or
recordation thereof, and (b) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record,
re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further
acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the
Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively
the
purposes of the Loan Documents.
6.16 Compliance
with Terms of
Leaseholds.
Make
all payments and otherwise perform all obligations in respect of all leases
of
real property to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party,
keep
such leases in full force and effect and not allow such leases to lapse or
be
terminated or any rights to renew such leases to be forfeited or cancelled,
notify the Administrative Agent of any default by any party with respect
to such
leases and cooperate with the Administrative Agent in all respects to cure
any
such default, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any
case,
where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could
not
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Perform
and observe all the terms and provisions of each Material Contract to be
performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Contract in full force
and effect, enforce each such Material Contract in accordance with its terms,
take all such action to such end as may be from time to time requested by the
Administrative Agent and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, make to
each
other party to each such Material Contract such demands and requests for
information and reports or for action as any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is entitled to make under such Material Contract, and cause each
of
its Subsidiaries to do so, except, in any case, where the failure to do so,
either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, Holdings and the
Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly:
7.01 Liens.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets
or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer
to
exist under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction a financing
statement that names the Borrower, Holdings or any of its other Subsidiaries
as
debtor, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, other than
the
following (including any financing statements filed in connection with any
of
the following):
(a) Liens
pursuant to any Existing Loan Document;
(b) Liens
existing on the Existing Effective Date and listed on Schedule
5.08(b) and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that
(i) the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount
secured or benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated by
Section 7.02(d) or Section 7.15(d), as applicable,
(iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not
changed, and (iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or
benefited thereby is permitted by Section 7.02(d) or
Section 7.15(d);
(c) Liens
for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance
with
GAAP;
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(d) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period
of
more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are
maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(e) pledges
or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation,
other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(g) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real
property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which
do
not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject
thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the
applicable Person;
(h) Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default
under Section 8.01(h);
(i)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(f);
provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any
property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value,
whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of
acquisition;
(j)
Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into
or
consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or becomes
a
Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that such Liens were not created in
contemplation of such merger, consolidation or Investment and do not extend
to
any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with
the
Borrower or such Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
and
the applicable Indebtedness secured by such Lien is permitted under Section
7.02(g);
(k) other
Liens securing Indebtedness outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not
to
exceed $25,000,000, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover
Existing Collateral with a book or fair market value (whichever is higher)
of
over $75,000,000 in the aggregate; and
(l)
the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by
clauses (i) through (k) above upon or in the same property
theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal (without
increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor) of the
Indebtedness secured thereby.
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7.02 Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower existing or arising under any Swap
Contract; provided that (A) such obligations are (or were) entered
into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of
directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments,
assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes
in
the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of
speculation or taking a “market view,” and (B) such Swap Contract does not
contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation
to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting
party;
(b) unsecured
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Borrower owed to the Borrower or a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, which Indebtedness shall (i) be on
terms (including subordination terms) acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and
(ii) be otherwise permitted under the provisions of
Section 7.03;
(c) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents and the Existing Loan Documents;
(d) Indebtedness
(excluding Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes) outstanding on
the
Existing Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.02 and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions of such Indebtedness or of
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g); provided that
(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
any such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension on a Pro Forma Basis,
(ii) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a
reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses
reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal
to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor with respect
thereto is not changed as a result of or in connection with such refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension, and (iv) the terms relating to principal
amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any),
and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such refinancing, refunding,
renewing or extending Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of
any
instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material
respect to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement
or
instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, renewed or
extended and the interest rate applicable to any such refinancing, refunding,
renewing or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the then applicable market
interest rate;
(e) Guarantees
of Holdings, the Borrower, or any Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness
otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(f) Indebtedness
in respect of Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations, Synthetic Debt
and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets
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within
the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i); provided,
however, that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness
at any one
time outstanding shall not exceed $25,000,000;
(g) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after June 21, 2006
in
accordance with the terms of Section 7.03(h), which Indebtedness is
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower (other
than Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of such Person’s becoming a
Subsidiary of the Borrower);
(h) (i) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to any other Subsidiary that
is
not a Loan Party and (ii) other Indebtedness of Subsidiaries which are not
Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any
time outstanding;
(i)
other Indebtedness in any aggregate amount of up to $25,000,000 which may be
secured by Liens permitted under Section 7.01(k);
(j)
other unsecured Indebtedness provided that (A) no Default exists
immediately prior to, or would result from, on a Pro Forma Basis, the incurrence
of such Indebtedness, (B) no portion of such Indebtedness is scheduled to
be paid (either at maturity or as amortization) prior to the Maturity Date
of
any Loan hereunder, (C) such Indebtedness is not Indebtedness of Holdings
to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (D) the material terms and
conditions of such Indebtedness are not more restrictive than the terms and
conditions of this Agreement;
(k) Indebtedness
evidenced by the Subordinated Notes and Indebtedness permitted under Section
7.15(d); and
(l) Indebtedness
issued as consideration for all or any portion of the purchase price of any
Acquisition permitted under Section 7.03(h), provided that (A) no
Default exists immediately prior to, or would result from, on a Pro Forma Basis,
the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (B) such Indebtedness is not
Indebtedness of a Loan Party to any other Loan Party and (C) the aggregate
amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $20,000,000.
7.03 Investments.
Make
or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Investments
held by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in the form of Cash
Equivalents;
(b) advances
to officers, directors and employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at any time outstanding, for travel,
entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
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(c) (i) Investments
by Holdings and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries outstanding
on
the Existing Effective Date, (ii) additional Investments by Holdings and
its Subsidiaries in Loan Parties (other than Holdings), (iii) additional
Investments by Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Loan Parties in other
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (iv) so long as no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from such Investment, additional
Investments by the Loan Parties in wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are not Loan
Parties in an aggregate amount invested from the Existing Effective Date not
to
exceed $20,000,000;
(d) Investments
consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or
notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably
necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(e) Guarantees
permitted by Section 7.02;
(f) Investments
existing on the Existing Effective Date (other than those referred to in
Section 7.03(c)(i)) and set forth on Schedule
5.08(e);
(g) Investments
by the Borrower in Swap Contracts permitted under
Section 7.02(a);
(h) any
Acquisition; provided that each of the following conditions shall be
satisfied:
(i)
any Subsidiary created or acquired in connection with such Acquisition shall
comply with the requirements of Section 6.12;
(ii)
the lines of business of the Person to be (or the property of which is to be)
so
Acquired shall be substantially similar or related to one or more of the
principal businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course;
(iii)
(A) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such
Acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
(B) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, Holdings and its
Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in
Section 7.11 on a Pro Forma Basis, such compliance to be determined
on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
(b); and
(iv)
the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
at least two Business Days prior to the date on which any such Acquisition
is to
be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of
the
requirements set forth in this clause (h) have been satisfied or will be
satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition; and
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(i) Investments
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this
Section 7.03 in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) so long as the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio determined on the basis of the financial statements
most recently delivered in accordance with Section 6.01 is greater than
to 3.50 to 1.0, $25,000,000 and (ii) so long as such Consolidated Leverage
Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, $50,000,000; provided that,
with respect to each Investment made pursuant to this Section
7.03(i):
(i)
such Investment shall not include or result in any contingent liabilities that
could reasonably be expected to be material to the business, financial
condition, operations or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole (as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary if the board
of
directors is otherwise approving such transaction and, in each other case,
by a
Responsible Officer);
(ii)
such Investment shall be in property that is part of, or in lines of business
that are, substantially similar or related to one or more of the principal
businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course;
and
(iii)
(A) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such
Investment, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
(B) immediately after giving effect to such Investment, Holdings and its
Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with all of the covenants set forth in
Section 7.11 on a Pro Forma Basis, such compliance to be determined
on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
(b).
7.04 Fundamental
Changes.
Merge,
dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially
all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor
of
any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom
on a Pro Forma Basis:
(a) any
Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or
more other Subsidiaries, provided that when any Loan Party (other than
Holdings) is merging with another Subsidiary, such Loan Party shall be the
continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any
Loan Party may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary
liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Loan Party (other than
Holdings);
(c) any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may dispose of all or substantially all
its
assets (including any Disposition that is in the nature of a liquidation) to
any
other Subsidiary;
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(d) in
connection with any Acquisition permitted under Section 7.03, any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person
or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; provided
that (i) the Person surviving such merger shall be a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower and (ii) in the case of any such merger to which
any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) is a party, such Loan Party is the
surviving Person;
(e) so
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,
each of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries may merge into or consolidate
with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate
with it; provided, however, that in each case, immediately after
giving effect thereto (i) in the case of any such merger to which the
Borrower is a party, the Borrower is the surviving corporation and (ii) in
the case of any such merger to which any Loan Party (other than the Borrower)
is
a party, such Loan Party is the surviving corporation; and
(f) any
Non-Operating Subsidiary may be dissolved or liquidated so long as such
dissolution or liquidation would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
7.05 Dispositions.
Make
any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition,
except:
(a) Dispositions
of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
in
the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions
of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions
of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is
exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property
or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to
the purchase price of such replacement property;
(d) Dispositions
of property by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary;
provided that if the transferor of such property is a Guarantor, the
transferee thereof must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor (other than
Holdings);
(e) Dispositions
permitted by Section 7.04;
(f) Dispositions
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of property pursuant to sale-leaseback
transactions, provided that the book value of all property so Disposed of
shall not exceed (i) $10,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the
Closing Date or (ii) $5,000,000 in any fiscal year;
(g) non-exclusive
licenses of IP Rights in the ordinary course of business and substantially
consistent with past practice for terms not exceeding ten years;
(h)
[intentionally omitted]; and
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(i) Dispositions
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this
Section 7.05; provided that (i) at the time of such
Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition on
a
Pro Forma Basis, and (ii) the aggregate book value of all property Disposed
of in reliance on this clause (i) in any fiscal year shall not exceed
$35,000,000;
provided,
however, that any Disposition pursuant to Section
7.05(a) through Section 7.05(i) shall be for fair market
value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the applicable
Subsidiary).
7.06 Restricted
Payments.
Declare
or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to (i) the Borrower, (ii) any
Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors and (iii) so long as no
Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person that owns a direct
Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective
holdings of the type of Equity Interest in respect of which such Restricted
Payment is being made;
(b) Holdings
and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity
Interests of such Person;
(c) Holdings
and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its common Equity
Interests with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue
of
new common Equity Interests;
(d) Holdings
may (i) declare or pay cash dividends to its stockholders and/or
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for cash Equity Interests issued
by it, so long as immediately prior to and/or after giving effect thereto on
a
Pro Forma Basis, no Default exists or would be caused thereby; provided,
however, that if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.0
to
1.0 immediately prior thereto and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma
Basis, the aggregate amount of all such dividends, purchases, redemptions and/or
acquisitions shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the “Maximum Dividend
Amount”); provided, further, that if the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio is greater than 3.50 to 1.0 and the Borrower applies Excess Cash Flow
to
the purchase of Subordinated Notes, the payment of fees arising from an offer
to
purchase the Subordinated Notes or the prepayment of Indebtedness permitted
under Section 7.02(g) in each such case in accordance with Sections
7.15(d) or (f), the Maximum Dividend Amount shall be reduced by the
amount of such repurchase, fees paid or prepayment, as the case may be, during
the fiscal year during which such repurchase is effected, fees are actually
paid
or prepayment is actually made, as the case may be; and
(e) the
Borrower may declare and pay cash dividends to Holdings (i) in the amounts
of and at the times necessary to permit Holdings to make payments permitted
pursuant to Section 7.06(d) above and (ii) so long as no
Default exists or would be caused
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thereby,
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year to permit
Holdings to pay (A) reasonable and customary corporate and operating
expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for legal, administrative
and accounting services provided by third parties, and compensation, benefits
and other amounts payable to officers and employees in connection with their
employment in the ordinary course of business and to board of director
observers), (B) franchise fees or similar taxes and fees required to
maintain its corporate existence, and (C) its proportionate share of the
tax liability of the affiliated group of corporations that file consolidated
Federal income tax returns (or that file state and local income tax returns
on a
consolidated basis), in each case under clauses (i) and (ii) above,
only to the extent such payments are actually made by Holdings.
7.07 Change
in Nature of
Business.
Engage
in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of
business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof
or
any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
7.08 Transactions
with
Affiliates.
Enter
into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether
or
not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms
substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be
obtainable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s
length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that
the foregoing restriction shall not apply to transactions between or among
the
Loan Parties.
7.09 Burdensome
Agreements.
Enter
into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any Existing Loan Document) that (a) limits the
ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower
or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to or invest in the Borrower
or any Guarantor, except for any agreement in effect (A) on the Existing
Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 7.09 (including the Subordinated
Notes Documents) or (B) at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of
the Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in
contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) of
any Subsidiary to Guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower or (iii) of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
Liens
on property of such Person, except for any agreement in effect on the Existing
Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 7.09 (including the Subordinated
Notes Documents); provided, however, that this clause (iii)
shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any
holder of Indebtedness permitted under (x) Section 7.02(f) solely to the
extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the
subject of such Indebtedness or (y) Section 7.02(i), (j) or (k) so long
as such negative pledge does not limit the ability of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of
such
Person to secure the Existing Obligations; or (b) requires the grant of a
Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure
another obligation of such Person.
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7.10 Use
of
Proceeds.
Use
the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to
others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund
indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
7.11 Financial
Covenants.
(a) Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Holdings to be less than
the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Four
Fiscal Quarters Ending
|
Minimum
Consolidated
Interest Coverage
Ratio
|
Closing
Date through March 31, 2008
|
2.00
to 1.00
|
June
30, 2008 and each fiscal quarter
thereafter
|
2.25
to 1.00
|
(b) Consolidated
Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at any
time during any period of four fiscal quarters of Holdings set forth below
to be
greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:
Four
Fiscal Quarters Ending
|
Maximum
Consolidated
Leverage
Ratio
|
Closing
Date through March 31, 2008
|
5.75
to 1.0
|
June
30, 2008 through March 31, 2009
|
5.25
to 1.0
|
June
30, 2009 and each fiscal quarter
thereafter
|
4.75
to 1.0
|
7.12 Capital
Expenditures.
Make
or become legally obligated to make any Capital Expenditure, except for Capital
Expenditures in the ordinary course of business not exceeding (a) for each
of
the fiscal years ending December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008, $60,000,000
in
the aggregate for the Borrower and it Subsidiaries during any such fiscal year
and (b) for each of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2009 and
thereafter, $65,000,000 in the aggregate for the Borrower and it Subsidiaries
during any such fiscal year (the “Maximum Cap Ex Amount”);
provided, however, that (i) so long as no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from such expenditure, any portion
of
the fixed amount set forth above, if not expended in the fiscal year for which
it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next following
fiscal year and (ii) if any such amount is so carried over, it will be
deemed used in the applicable subsequent fiscal year after the fixed amount
set
forth above has been expended; and provided, further, that the
Maximum Cap Ex Amount shall be increased by $2,500,000 for each $100,000,000
increase
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after
the Existing Effective Date in the outstanding Existing Term Loans in accordance
with Section 2.14 of the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof if and to the extent that such additional loans are applied to
one
or more Acquisitions permitted under Section 7.03(h).
7.13 Amendments
of Organization
Documents.
Amend
any of its Organization Documents in any material respect adverse to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
7.14 Accounting
Changes.
Make
any change in (a) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as
required by GAAP or applicable Laws, or (b) its fiscal year, except in the
case of this clause (b) to a fiscal year ending December 31 or otherwise
upon 30 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.
7.15 Prepayments,
Etc. of
Indebtedness.
Prepay,
redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity
thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination
terms of, any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the
prepayment of the Credit Extensions in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the prepayment of the Existing Loans in accordance with the terms
of the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof;
(b) regularly
scheduled or required repayments, purchases or redemptions of Indebtedness
set
forth in Schedule 7.02 (except any such repayment, purchase or redemption
subject to Section 7.15(d) below) and refinancings and refundings of
such Indebtedness in compliance with Section 7.02(d);
(c) the
consummation of the Cadmus Tender Offer;
(d) prepayment,
purchase, redemption or defeasance of the Subordinated Notes, so long as
(i) immediately before and after giving effect to any such prepayment,
purchase, redemption or defeasance, (x) no Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing and (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with
all
of the covenants set forth in Section 7.11 on a Pro Forma Basis, as
determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
(b), as applicable, (ii) no Existing Term Loans shall be applied to
such prepayment, purchase, redemption or defeasance; (iii) if the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio determined in accordance with the foregoing
subclause (d)(i)(y) is greater than 3.50 to 1.0, no Excess Cash Flow shall
be
applied to such prepayment, purchase, redemption or defeasance (subject to
the
final proviso set forth in subclause (f) below), and (iv) to the
extent funded by the issuance of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness (A) shall
be subordinate in all respects to the Obligations on terms substantially the
same or shall be unsecured Indebtedness, (B) shall not increase the
principal amount then owed under
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the
Subordinated Notes (except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium paid,
accrued but unpaid interest and reasonable fees and expenses incurred in
connection therewith), (C) shall have the same obligor, (D) shall be
subject to an equal or longer maturity as the Subordinated Notes and (E) if
such Indebtedness is subordinate to the Obligations, otherwise shall be subject
to material terms and conditions substantially no more restrictive than the
Subordinated Notes Documents;
(e) prepayments
of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(b);
(f) prepayments
of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g), provided that any
such prepayment shall be funded by (i) a refinancing permitted under
Section 7.02(d), (ii) Existing Loans under the Existing Credit
Agreement or (iii) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis, as determined on the basis of the financial information most
recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, is less than or equal
to 3.50 to 1.0, Excess Cash Flow (provided, however, that if such
Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.50 to 1.0 and subject to a dollar
for dollar reduction in the Maximum Dividend Amount in accordance with
Section 7.06(d), the Borrower may apply up to $25,000,000 of Excess Cash
Flow in the aggregate to (x) pay fees arising in connection with an offer to
repurchase the Subordinated Notes, (y) purchase Subordinated Notes and/or (z)
to
prepay Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(g)); and
(g) so
long as (i) immediately before and after giving effect to any such
prepayment, purchase or redemption (x) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (y) Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with
all
of the covenants set forth in Section 7.11 on a Pro Forma Basis, as
determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or
(b), as applicable, prepayments, purchases or redemptions of (A)
the
Cadmus Subordinated Notes, (B) the Equipment Loans in an aggregate amount not
to
exceed $13,200,000 and (C) other Indebtedness (other than the Subordinated
Notes) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000.
7.16 Amendment,
Etc. of Related
Documents and Indebtedness.
(a) Cancel
or terminate any Tender Offer Documents or Subordinated Notes Documents or
consent to or accept any cancellation or termination thereof, except, in the
case of the Subordinated Notes Documents, in connection with any transaction
permitted under Section 7.15(d), (b) cancel or terminate any
Material Contract or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination
thereof, unless the cancellation or termination thereof could not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) amend, modify or change in
any manner any term or condition of the Purchase Agreement, any Tender Offer
Documents or any Subordinated Notes Documents or give any consent, waiver or
approval thereunder that, in any such case, could impair the rights and remedies
of the Guarantied Parties under the Loan Documents or otherwise result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (d) amend, modify or change in any manner any term
or condition of any Material Contract or give any consent, waiver or approval
thereunder unless such amendment, modification or change could not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material
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Adverse
Effect, (e) waive any default under or any breach of any term or condition
of any Tender Offer Documents or Subordinated Notes Documents, (f) waive
any material default or any breach of any material term or condition of any
Material Contract, (g) take any other action in connection with any Related
Document that would impair in any material respect the value of the interest
or
rights of any Loan Party thereunder or that would impair the rights or interests
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or (h) amend, modify or change in
any manner any term or condition of any Indebtedness set forth in Schedule
7.02, except for any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof
permitted by Section 7.02(d) or Section 7.15(d) and
except for any such amendment, modification or change that could not reasonably
be expected to impair the rights and remedies of the Guarantied Parties under
the Loan Documents or otherwise result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.17 Holding
Company.
In
the case of Holdings, engage in any business or activity other than (a) the
ownership of all outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and CNMW
Investments, Inc., (b) maintaining its corporate existence,
(c) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative activities as
the parent of the consolidated group of companies, including the Loan Parties,
(d) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and Related Documents
to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder,
(e) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in
clauses (a) through (d) of this Section and (f) any other
activities substantially similar or related to the lines of business of Holdings
in the ordinary course of business as of the date hereof to the extent otherwise
permitted under the Loan Documents.
7.18 Designation
of Senior
Debt.
Designate
any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and
the
Existing Loan Documents) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as
“Designated Senior Debt” under, and as defined in, the Subordinated Notes
Documents and the Cadmus Subordinated Notes Documents.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 Events
of
Default.
Any
of
the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The
Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to (i) pay when and as required to
be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) pay within
three Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, or
any
fee due hereunder, or (iii) pay within five Business Days after the same
becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; or
(b) Specific
Covenants. (i) The Borrower fails to perform or observe any
term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 2.15,
6.01(a), 6.01(b), 6.02(b),
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6.03,
6.05(a), 6.05(c), 6.10, 6.11, 6.12,
6.14 or 6.17 or Article VII or (ii) any Guarantor
fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement set forth in the
foregoing subclause (i) that Guarantor has agreed to perform or observe
pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Guaranty; or
(c) Other
Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b)
above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed
and such failure continues for 30 days from the earlier of (i) the date
that any Responsible Officer of a Loan Party has actual knowledge thereof or
(ii) the date that the Administrative Agent delivers to Borrower written
notice of such failure; or
(d) Representations
and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or
statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any
other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document
delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading
in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) Any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand,
or
otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness
hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal
amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts
owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement)
of
more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any
other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee
or
contained in any instrument or agreement (including, without limitation, the
Existing Credit Agreement) evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any
other event occurs (other than (x) the occurrence of any “Change of Control”
under, and as defined in, the Subordinated Note Documents, so long as the
Borrower would at such time be permitted in accordance with Section
7.15(d) to prepay, purchase, redeem or defease the Subordinated Notes, and
(y) the occurrence of any “Change of Control” under, and as defined in, the
Cadmus Subordinated Notes Documents), the effect of which default or other
event
is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf
of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the
giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become
due
or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or
otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such
Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to
become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or
(ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as
defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from any event of default under such
Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is the
Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) and the Swap Termination
Value owed by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater
than the Threshold Amount; or
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(f) Insolvency
Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof
institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies
for
or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material
part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the
application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged
or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law
relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property
is
instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or
unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such
proceeding; or
(g) Inability
to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary thereof becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails
generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant
of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all
or
any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released,
vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There
is entered against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (i) one or more
final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as
to
all such judgments and orders) exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent
not
covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has an
A.M.
Best Financial Strength Rating of at least “A” (other than the insurance with
Arch Insurance Company which shall have an A.M. Best
Financial Strength Rating of at least A-), been notified of the potential claim
and does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final
judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case,
(A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such
judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during
which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal
or
otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An
ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or
the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000, or (ii) the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration
of
any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its
withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan
in
an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(j) Invalidity
of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document,
at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than
as
expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all
the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any
other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any
provision of
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any
Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability
or
obligation under any provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke,
terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document; or
(k)
Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control;
or
(l)
[Intentionally Omitted]; or
(m) Subordination. (i) The
subordination provisions of the Subordinated Notes Documents (the
“Subordinated Provisions”) shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease
to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against
any holder of the Subordinated Notes; (ii) all or any material portion of
the Obligations cease to constitute “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt”
under the Subordinated Note Documents; or (iii) the Borrower or any other
Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner
(A) the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the
Subordination Provisions, (B) that the Subordination Provisions exist for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or (C) that all
payments of principal of or premium and interest on the Subordinated Notes,
or
realized from the liquidation of any property of any Loan Party, shall be
subject to any of the Subordination Provisions.
8.02 Remedies
upon Event of
Default.
If
any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall,
at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take
any
or all of the following actions:
(a) declare
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such
commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare
the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued
and
unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower;
(c) [intentionally
omitted]; and
(d) exercise
on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it
and
the Lenders under the Loan Documents or any other remedies provided by
applicable law;
provided,
however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of
the
United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically
terminate, and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
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8.03 Application
of
Funds.
After
the
exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans
have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the
proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the
Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following
order:
First,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under
Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as
such;
Second,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities
and
other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders
(including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
respective Lenders (including the reasonable, allocated fees and time charges
for attorneys who may be employees of any Lender) and amounts payable under
Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third
payable to them;
Fourth,
to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal
of
the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last,
the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full in
cash, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
9.01 Appointment
and
Authority.
(a) Each
of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. to
act
on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its
behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent
by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are
solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and none
of
Holdings, the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third
party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
(b) [Intentionally
Omitted].
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9.02 Rights
as a
Lender.
The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise
the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in
any
other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person
were
not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor
to the Lenders.
9.03 Exculpatory
Provisions.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall
not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall
not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby
or
by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to
exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number
or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the
other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not
be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its
counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary
to
any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any
information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is
communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
or
any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under
the
circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 8.02) or
(ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is
given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.
The
Administrative Agent 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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the
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performance
or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions
set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or
(v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or
elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required
to
be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
9.04 Reliance
by Administrative
Agent.
The
Administrative Agent 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 (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed
by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by
the
proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been
made
by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to
the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction
of
a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is
satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such
Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
9.05 Delegation
of
Duties.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through
any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to
any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and
any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as
activities as Administrative Agent.
9.06 Resignation
of Administrative
Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with
the
Borrower (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
with the prior written consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor, which shall be a
bank
with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with
an
office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the
Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications
set
forth above; provided that if the
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Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has
accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become
effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (b) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until
such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent
as
provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a
successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom
as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower
to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article
and
Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such
retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related
Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative
Agent.
9.07 Non-Reliance
on Administrative
Agent and Other Lenders.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties
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 other Loan Document or any related
agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
9.08 No
Other Duties,
Etc.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as otherwise provided herein,
the
Lead Arranger shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
9.09 Administrative
Agent May File
Proofs of Claim.
In
case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other
judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable
as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall
be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
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(a) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing
and
unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including
any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
under
Sections 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding;
and
(b) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the
Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to
the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due
the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and
11.04.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan
of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations
or the rights of any Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in
respect of the claim of any Lender or in any such proceeding.
9.10 Guaranty
Matters.
The
Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in
its
discretion,
(a) [intentionally
omitted];
(b) to
release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person
ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
hereunder;
(c) [intentionally
omitted].
Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor
from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section
9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the
Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the
applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request
to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each
case
in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section
9.10.
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CONTINUING
GUARANTY
10.01 Guaranty.
Holdings
hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, as a guaranty of payment
and
performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when
due,
whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand
or
otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations,
whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs,
expenses or otherwise, of the Borrower to the Guarantied Parties, arising
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including all renewals,
extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all
costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Guarantied
Parties in connection with the collection or enforcement
thereof). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the
amount of the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or
proceeding, and shall be binding upon Holdings, and conclusive for the purpose
of establishing the amount of the Obligations, absent manifest
error. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or any instrument
or
agreement evidencing any Obligations, or by the existence, validity,
enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of any collateral therefor,
or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Obligations which might otherwise
constitute a defense to the obligations of Holdings under this Guaranty, and
Holdings hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter
acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing, whether arising
as a
result of any law or regulation of any jurisdiction or any other event affecting
any term of the Obligations.
10.02 Rights
of
Lenders.
Holdings
consents and agrees that the Guarantied Parties may, at any time and from time
to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability
or
continuing effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew,
compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment
or
the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold, exchange,
enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any
security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Obligations; (c) apply
such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their sole discretion may determine;
and
(d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors
of any of the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Holdings consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action
which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of Holdings under
this
Guaranty or which, but for this provision, might operate as a discharge of
Holdings.
10.03 Certain
Waivers.
Holdings
waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense
of the Borrower or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any cause
whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Guarantied Party) of the
liability of the Borrower; (b) any defense based on any claim that
Holdings’ obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of
the
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Borrower;
(c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting Holdings’ liability
hereunder; (d) subject to Section 10.05, any right to proceed
against the Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the
Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Guarantied Party
whatsoever; (e) subject to Section 10.05, any benefit of and any
right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Guarantied
Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law
limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or
sureties. Holdings expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and
all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment
or
nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other
notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the
Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence,
creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations. Holdings
waives any rights and defenses that are or may become available to Holdings
by
reason of §§ 2787 to 2855, inclusive, and §§ 2899 and 3433 of the
California Civil Code. As provided below, this Guaranty shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York. The foregoing waivers and the provisions hereinafter set forth
in this Guaranty which pertain to California law are included solely out of
an
abundance of caution, and shall not be construed to mean that any of the
above-referenced provisions of California law are in any way applicable to
this
Guaranty or the Obligations.
10.04 Obligations
Independent.
The
obligations of Holdings hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely
as surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the obligations of any
other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against Holdings to
enforce this Guaranty whether or not the Borrower or any other person or entity
is joined as a party.
10.05 Subrogation.
Holdings
shall not exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity,
reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under
this
Guaranty until all of the Obligations and any amounts payable under this
Guaranty have been paid in full in cash and performed in full and the
Commitments and the Facilities are terminated. If any amounts are
paid to Holdings in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Guarantied Parties and shall
forthwith be paid to the Guarantied Parties to reduce the amount of the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
10.06 Termination;
Reinstatement.
This
Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or
hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all
Obligations and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are paid in full
in cash and the Commitments and the Facilities with respect to the Obligations
are terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty shall
continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any
payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or Holdings is made, or any of the
Guarantied Parties exercises its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations
and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside
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or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the
Guarantied Parties in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver
or
any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws
or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not
occurred and whether or not the Guarantied Parties are in possession of or
have
released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission,
termination or reduction. The obligations of Holdings under this
paragraph shall survive termination of this Guaranty.
10.07 Subordination.
Holdings
hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the
Borrower owing to Holdings, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including
but not limited to any obligation of the Borrower to Holdings as subrogee of
the
Guarantied Parties or resulting from Holdings’ performance under this Guaranty,
to the payment in full in cash of all Obligations. If the Guarantied
Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of the Borrower to
Holdings shall be enforced and performance received by Holdings as trustee
for
the Guarantied Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the
Guarantied Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or
affecting in any manner the liability of Holdings under this
Guaranty.
10.08 Stay
of
Acceleration.
If
acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in
connection with any case commenced by or against Holdings or the Borrower under
any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be
payable by Holdings immediately upon demand by the Guarantied
Parties.
10.09 Condition
of
Borrower.
Holdings
acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has
adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other guarantor such
information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of
the
Borrower and any such other guarantor as Holdings requires, and that none of
the
Guarantied Parties has any duty, and Holdings is not relying on the Guarantied
Parties at any time, to disclose to Holdings any information relating to the
business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other
guarantor (Holdings waiving any duty on the part of the Guarantied Parties
to
disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide
the
same).
10.10 Additional
Guarantor Waivers
and Agreements.
(a) Holdings
understands and acknowledges that if the Guarantied Parties foreclose judicially
or nonjudicially against any real property security for the Obligations, that
foreclosure could impair or destroy any ability that Holdings may have to seek
reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification from the Borrower or others
based on any right Holdings may have of subrogation, reimbursement,
contribution, or indemnification for any amounts paid by Holdings under this
Guaranty. Holdings further understands and acknowledges that in the
absence of this paragraph, such potential impairment or destruction of Holdings’
rights, if any, may entitle Holdings to assert a
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defense
to this Guaranty based on Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure
as interpreted in Union Bank x. Xxxxxxx, 265 Cal. App. 2d 40
(1968). By executing this Guaranty, Holdings freely, irrevocably, and
unconditionally: (i) waives and relinquishes that defense and
agrees that Holdings will be fully liable under this Guaranty even though the
Guarantied Parties may foreclose, either by judicial foreclosure or by exercise
of power of sale, any deed of trust securing the Obligations; (ii) agrees
that Holdings will not assert that defense in any action or proceeding which
the
Guarantied Parties may commence to enforce this Guaranty;
(iii) acknowledges and agrees that the rights and defenses waived by
Holdings in this Guaranty include any right or defense that Holdings may have
or
be entitled to assert based upon or arising out of any one or more of
§§ 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or
§ 2848 of the California Civil Code; and (iv) acknowledges and agrees
that the Guarantied Parties are relying on this waiver in creating the
Obligations, and that this waiver is a material part of the consideration which
the Guarantied Parties are receiving for creating the Obligations.
(b) Holdings
waives all rights and defenses that Holdings may have because any of the
Obligations is secured by real property. This means, among other
things: (i) the Guarantied Parties may collect from Holdings
without first foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged
by
the other Loan Parties; and (ii) if the Guarantied Parties foreclose on any
real property collateral pledged by the other Loan Parties: (A) the amount
of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral
is
sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the
sale
price, and (B) the Guarantied Parties may collect from Holdings even if the
Guarantied Parties, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, have
destroyed any right Holdings may have to collect from the
Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any
rights and defenses Holdings may have because any of the Obligations is secured
by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not
limited to, any rights or defenses based upon § 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of
the California Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) Holdings
waives any right or defense it may have at law or equity, including California
Code of Civil Procedure § 580a, to a fair market value hearing or action to
determine a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 Amendments,
Etc.
(a) Required
Lender and Unanimous Consent. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any
departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective
unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the
applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in
the specific instance and for the specific
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purpose
for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver
or consent shall:
(i)
waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than
Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each
Lender;
(ii)
[intentionally omitted];
(iii)
extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such
Lender;
(iv)
postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder
or
under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
entitled to such payment;
(v)
reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan,
or (subject to clause (B) of the second proviso to this Section
11.01(a)) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such
amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required
Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or
to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate
or
(ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used
therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of
interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(vi)
change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter
the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent
of
each Lender;
(vii)
change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of
Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or
make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender;
(viii)
[intentionally omitted];
(ix)
subject to Section 9.10, release all or substantially all of the value of
the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(x)
[intentionally omitted];
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and
provided, further, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the
Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (B) the Fee Letters
may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed
only by the parties thereto.
(b) Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting
Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver
or
consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be
increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
(c) Replacement
of Non-Consenting Lenders. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed
amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that
requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required
Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance
with
Section 11.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or
release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such
Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower
to be
made pursuant to this paragraph).
11.02 Notices;
Effectiveness;
Electronic Communications.
(a) Notices
Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in
subsection (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 telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder
to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number,
as
follows:
(i) if
to Holdings, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address,
telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for
such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii) if
to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices
sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by
telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to
the extent provided in subsection (b) below shall be effective as provided
in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic
Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders
hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including
e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by
the
Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified
the Administrative Agent that it
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is
incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. 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.
Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient,
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening
of
business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or
communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed
received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address
as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such
notice or communication is available and identifying the website address
therefor.
(c) The
Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS
AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE
PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM
THE
BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR
OTHER
CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER
MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent
or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have
any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative
Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final judgment to have resulted from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided,
however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability
to
Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special,
incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages).
(d) Change
of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number
for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or
telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that
the
Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact
name,
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telephone
number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and
other
communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such
Lender.
(e) Reliance
by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon
any
notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf
of
the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified
herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form
of
notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the
recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of
each
of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the
reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of
the
Borrower, except to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities
are determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Person. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications
with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent,
and
each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
11.03 No
Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies.
No
failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay
by
any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any
other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers
and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document,
are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
provided by law.
11.04 Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage
Waiver.
(a) Costs
and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent, but excluding any costs of maintaining the Platform),
in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein,
the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan 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
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender), and shall pay all reasonable, allocated
fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its
rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with Loans
made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
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(b) Indemnification
by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) 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, penalties and related expenses (including the reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all reasonable, allocated
fees
and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any
Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by
any
third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent
(and
any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or the use or
proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged
presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or
operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental
Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or
proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort
or
any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party or any of the Borrower’s or such Loan Party’s directors,
shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in
part,
out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee;
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or
any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such
Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the
Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final judgment in its favor on such
claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement
by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails
to pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent
thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such
Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity
payment is sought) 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 the Administrative Agent (or
any such sub-agent) or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting
for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such
capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this
subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of
Section 2.12(d).
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(d) Waiver
of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, neither the Borrower nor any Indemnitee shall assert, and each
of the Borrower and the Indemnitees hereby waives, any claim against the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability,
for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use
of
the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection
(b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to
such
unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic
or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement
or
the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final judgment of
a
court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments. All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business
Days
after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The
agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative
Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate
Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other
Obligations.
11.05 Payments
Set
Aside.
To
the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender
exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff
or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or
preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion)
to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent
of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each
Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its
applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid
by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal
Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the
Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
11.06 Successors
and
Assigns.
(a) Successors
and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor
any other
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Loan
Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (except in connection with any
transaction permitted by Section 7.04(a), (d) or (e))
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 11.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with
the provisions of Section 11.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge
or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section
11.06(f) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto
shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants
to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
or by
reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments
by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time 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 Commitment(s) and the Loans at the time
owing
to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(i)
Minimum Amounts.
(A) in
the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to it
under such Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate
of
a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned;
and
(B) in
any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the
principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject
to
each such assignment, determined as of the effective date of the Assignment
and
Assumption with respect to such assignment, shall not be less than $1,000,000,
in the case of any assignment in respect of the Term Facility, unless each
of
the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that if,
after giving effect to such assignment, the Initial Lenders collectively hold
50.1% or more of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans, no consent
of the Borrower shall be required pursuant to this subsection (b)(i)(B);
provided, further, that concurrent assignments to members of an
Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group
to a
single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee
Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining
whether such minimum amount has been met;
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(ii)
Proportionate Amounts. 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 with respect to the Loans or the Commitment
assigned;
(iii)
Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any
assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this
Section and, in addition:
(A) the
consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required if, after giving effect to such assignment, the
Initial Lenders collectively hold less than 50.1% of the outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loans, unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(B) the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of
(i) any Term Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a
Lender with a Commitment in respect of the Term Facility, an Affiliate of such
Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) any Term
Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund.
(iv)
Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount, if
any, required as set forth in Schedule 11.06; provided,
however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion,
elect
to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any
assignment. The assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v)
No Assignment to Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to
the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi)
No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be
made to a natural person.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall
be a
party to this Agreement 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
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hereto
but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,
3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 with respect to facts and
circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall
execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not
comply with this subsection 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 Section 11.06(d).
(c) Register. The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation
of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal
amounts 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, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent 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 any Lender (solely with respect
to
any entry relating to such Lender’s Term Loans), at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower
or
the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a
natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries) (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/or the Loans owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. 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, waiver or other modification
described in the first proviso to Section 11.01(a) that affects such
Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to Section 11.06(b). To the extent permitted by law,
each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender,
provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as
though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations
upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01,
3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would
have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to
such
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Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the
Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 3.01 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 Section 3.01(e) as though it were a
Lender.
(f) Certain
Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including
under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any
pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank;
provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee
for
such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Electronic
Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be
deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic
form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for
in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records
Act,
or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act.
(h) [Intentionally
Omitted].
11.07 Treatment
of Certain
Information; Confidentiality.
Each
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’
respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and
representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure
is
made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent
requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over
it
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association
of
Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided, that in
the
event of any such disclosure under this clause (c), the Administrative Agent
or
such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts
to inform the Borrower of such disclosure to the extent not prohibited by Law),
(d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of
any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (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 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
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(ii) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower
(other than through a Person whom the Administrative Agent or such Lender
actually knows to be acting in violation of his or its obligations to the
Borrower or any other Loan Party).
For
purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received
from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or
any
Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such
information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on
a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan
Party or any such Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this
Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if
such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
Each
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the
Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower
or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it
will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable
Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.
11.08 Right
of
Setoff.
If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and
each
of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to
time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and
all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever
currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at
any
time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the
account of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all
of
the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Holdings,
the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed
to a
branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding
such
deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender
and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or
their
respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and
application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such setoff and application.
11.09 Interest
Rate
Limitation.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid
or
agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate
of
non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum
Rate”). If the Administrative
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Agent
or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum
Rate,
the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it
exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In
determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may,
to
the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that
is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest,
(b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and
(c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations
hereunder.
11.10 Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. 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 shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken
together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto. 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.
11.11
Survival
of Representations and
Warranties.
All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document
or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith
or
therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and
thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be
relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any
investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf
and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had
notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
11.12 Severability.
If
any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties
shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
11.13 Replacement
of
Lenders.
If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, 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 3.01, if any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any other circumstance exists hereunder
that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party
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hereto,
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, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents
to an
assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the
Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and
recordation fee specified in Section 11.06(b);
(b) such
Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including
any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the
case of all other amounts);
(c) in
the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such
assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior
thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances
entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to
apply.
11.14 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction;
Etc.
(a) GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS 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 ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR
FOR
RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE COURT OR, TO
THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL
COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN
ANY
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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 AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE
HAVE
TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN
THE
COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER
OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY
OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT 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 APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM
TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE
OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF
PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN
SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW.
11.15 Waiver
of Jury
Trial.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY 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 ANY
OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED
ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO
(A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.16 California
Judicial
Reference.
If
any action or proceeding is filed in a court of the State of California by
or
against any party hereto in connection with any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) the court shall, and is
hereby directed to, make a general reference
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pursuant
to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 to a referee (who shall be
a
single active or retired judge) to hear and determine all of the issues in
such
action or proceeding (whether of fact or of law) and to report a statement
of
decision, provided that at the option of any party to such proceeding, any
such
issues pertaining to a “provisional remedy” as defined in California Code of
Civil Procedure Section 1281.8 shall be heard and determined by the court,
and
(b) without limiting the generality of Section 11.04, the Borrower
shall be solely responsible to pay all fees and expenses of any referee
appointed in such action or proceeding.
11.17 No
Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility.
In
connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the
Borrower and Holdings each acknowledge and agree, and acknowledge their
respective Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) the credit
facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services
in
connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Borrower, Holdings and their respective
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger,
on the other hand, and each of the Borrower and Holdings is capable of
evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and
conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan
Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or
thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction,
the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger is and has been acting solely
as
a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for the
Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders,
creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Lead Arranger has assumed or will assume an
advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or
Holdings with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the
process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether
the Administrative Agent or the Lead Arranger has advised or is currently
advising the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates on other
matters) and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lead Arranger has any
obligation to the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Affiliates
with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the
Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates
may
be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from those of the Borrower, Holdings and their respective Affiliates, and
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Lead Arranger have any obligation
to
disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary
relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger have
not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax
advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan
Document) and each of the Borrower and Holdings has consulted its own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate. Each of the Borrower and Holdings hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have
against the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger with respect to any
breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
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11.18 USA
PATRIOT Act
Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
“Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address
of
each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance
with the Act.
11.19 Time
of the
Essence.
Time
is of the essence of the Loan Documents.
11.20
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG
THE
PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS,
OR
SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN
ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
CENVEO
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
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By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief
Financial Officer
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CENVEO,
INC., a Colorado corporation
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By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief
Financial Officer
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COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as
Administrative Agent and Lender
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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