CREDIT AGREEMENT $172,500,000 Dated as of August 11, 2006 among BARRINGTON BROADCASTING GROUP LLC,
Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
$172,500,000
Dated as of August 11, 2006
among
BARRINGTON BROADCASTING GROUP LLC,
as Borrower,
and
BARRINGTON BROADCASTING LLC,
as Parent Guarantor,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender,
L/C Issuer and Collateral Agent,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,
CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunning Managers
XXXXXX XXXXXX & XXXXXXX LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.01 |
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Defined Terms |
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1.02 |
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Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.03 |
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Accounting Terms |
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1.04 |
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Rounding |
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1.05 |
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Times of Day |
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1.06 |
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Letter of Credit Amounts |
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44 |
1.07 |
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Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities |
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44 |
1.08 |
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Effectuation of Transactions |
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44 |
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ARTICLE II |
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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2.01 |
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Term Loans and Revolving Loans |
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2.02 |
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Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans and Term Loans. |
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46 |
2.03 |
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Letters of Credit |
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47 |
2.04 |
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Swing Line Loans |
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55 |
2.05 |
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Prepayments |
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58 |
2.06 |
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Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
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60 |
2.07 |
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Repayment of Loans |
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61 |
2.08 |
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Interest |
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62 |
2.09 |
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Fees |
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63 |
2.10 |
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Computation of Interest and Fees |
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2.11 |
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Evidence of Debt |
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2.12 |
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Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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2.13 |
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Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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66 |
2.14 |
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Incremental Term Loan Commitments |
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67 |
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ARTICLE III |
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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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3.01 |
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Taxes |
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3.02 |
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Illegality |
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3.03 |
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Inability To Determine Rates |
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3.04 |
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Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans |
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3.05 |
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Compensation for Losses |
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74 |
3.06 |
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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3.07 |
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Matters Applicable to Requests for Compensation |
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3.08 |
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Survival |
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76 |
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ARTICLE IV |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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4.01 |
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Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
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4.02 |
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Conditions to All Credit Extensions |
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ARTICLE V |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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5.01 |
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Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws |
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5.02 |
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Authorization; No Contravention |
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5.03 |
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Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
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5.04 |
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Binding Effect |
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5.05 |
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Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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5.06 |
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Litigation |
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5.07 |
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No Default |
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5.08 |
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Properties |
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5.09 |
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Environmental Matters |
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5.10 |
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Insurance |
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85 |
5.11 |
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Taxes |
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85 |
5.12 |
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ERISA Compliance |
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5.13 |
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Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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5.14 |
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Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act |
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5.15 |
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Disclosure |
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5.16 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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5.17 |
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Solvency |
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5.18 |
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Intellectual Property Matters |
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5.19 |
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Security Documents |
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5.20 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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5.21 |
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Acquisition Documents; Representations and Warranties in Acquisition Agreement |
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5.22 |
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Anti-Terrorism Law |
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5.23 |
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FCC Licenses, Etc. |
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90 |
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ARTICLE VI |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.01 |
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Existence; Businesses and Properties |
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6.02 |
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Insurance |
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6.03 |
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Taxes |
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6.04 |
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Financial Statements, Reports, Etc. |
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6.05 |
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Litigation and Other Notices |
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6.06 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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6.07 |
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Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
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6.08 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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6.09 |
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Further Assurances; Additional Mortgages |
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6.10 |
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Interest Rate Protection Agreements |
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98 |
6.11 |
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Transfer of FCC Licenses |
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6.12 |
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Performance of Leases |
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6.13 |
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Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports |
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6.14 |
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Fiscal Year |
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ARTICLE VII |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.01 |
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Indebtedness |
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7.02 |
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Liens |
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7.03 |
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Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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7.04 |
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Investments, Loans and Advances |
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7.05 |
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Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions |
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107 |
7.06 |
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Dividends and Distributions |
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7.07 |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.08 |
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Business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries |
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113 |
7.09 |
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Limitation on Modifications, Prepayments and Certain Interest Payments |
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113 |
7.10 |
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Capital Expenditures |
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7.11 |
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Interest Coverage Ratio |
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115 |
7.12 |
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Total Leverage Ratio |
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116 |
7.13 |
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Swap Agreements |
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116 |
7.14 |
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Non-Material Subsidiaries |
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7.15 |
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Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering |
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7.16 |
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Embargoed Person |
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7.17 |
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No Further Negative Pledge |
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7.18 |
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Finance Subsidiary |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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8.01 |
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Events of Default |
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8.02 |
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Holdings’ Right To Cure |
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8.03 |
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Application of Funds |
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ARTICLE IX |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT |
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9.01 |
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Appointment and Authority |
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9.02 |
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Rights as a Lender |
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9.03 |
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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124 |
9.04 |
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Reliance by Agents |
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125 |
9.05 |
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Delegation of Duties |
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125 |
9.06 |
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Resignation of Agent |
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9.07 |
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Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders |
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9.08 |
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No Other Duties, Etc. |
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9.09 |
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Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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9.10 |
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.01 |
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Amendments, Etc. |
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10.02 |
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Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
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10.03 |
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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10.04 |
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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10.05 |
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Payments Set Aside |
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10.06 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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10.07 |
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Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
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10.08 |
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Right of Setoff |
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10.09 |
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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10.10 |
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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10.11 |
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Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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10.12 |
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Severability |
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10.13 |
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Replacement of Lenders |
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10.14 |
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Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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10.15 |
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
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10.16 |
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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10.17 |
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FCC |
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SIGNATURES |
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SCHEDULES |
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2.01 |
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Commitments |
4.01(j) |
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Real Property |
5.06 |
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Certain Litigation |
5.09 |
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Environmental Matters |
5.13(a) |
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Subsidiaries |
5.13(b) |
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Equity Interests |
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5.13(c) |
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Equity Interest Agreements |
5.21 |
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Acquisition Documents |
5.23 |
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FCC Licenses |
7.01(a) |
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Existing Indebtedness |
7.01(b) |
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Existing Letters of Credit |
7.02 |
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Existing Liens |
7.04 |
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Existing Investments |
7.07 |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
10.02 |
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Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices |
10.06 |
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Processing and Recordation Fees |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A-1 |
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Form of Borrowing or Conversion Notice |
Exhibit A-2 |
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Form of Prepayment Notice |
Exhibit B |
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Form of Swing Line Loan Notice |
Exhibit C-1 |
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Form of Term Loan Note |
Exhibit C-2 |
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Form of Revolving Loan Note |
Exhibit C-3 |
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Form of Swing Line Loan Note |
Exhibit D |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit E |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit F |
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Form of Guaranty |
Exhibit G |
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Form of Security Agreement |
Exhibit H |
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Form of Perfection Certificate |
Exhibit I |
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Form of Solvency Certificate |
Exhibit J-1 |
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Form of Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special New York and Delaware counsel and FCC counsel to the Loan Parties |
Exhibit J-2 |
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Form of Opinion of Local Counsels |
Exhibit K |
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Form of Assumption Agreement |
Exhibit L |
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Form of Subordinated Intercompany Debt |
Exhibit M |
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Form of Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement |
Exhibit N |
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Form of Mortgage |
Exhibit O |
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Foreign Lender Certificate |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 11, 2006, among BARRINGTON BROADCASTING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), BARRINGTON BROADCASTING GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and, individually, a “Lender”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Swing Line Lender (in such capacity, the “Swing Line Lender”), L/C Issuer (in such capacity, the “L/C Issuer”) and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”), and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunning Managers (in such capacities, the “Arrangers”).
WHEREAS Holdings owns 100% of the outstanding membership interests of Borrower;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the asset purchase agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 (the “Acquisition Agreement”) among Borrower (f/k/a Barrington Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation), Raycom Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Raycom”), and the entities listed on Schedule I thereto (collectively with Raycom, the “Sellers”), Borrower has agreed to purchase (the “Acquisition”) all of the Station Assets (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) (together, the “Acquired Business”) from the Sellers;
WHEREAS, substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the Acquisition, Sponsor (as defined herein) will make an equity contribution to Holdings (the “Equity Contribution”) in an amount not less than $60.3 million in cash, which Holdings will further contribute to Borrower as common equity;
WHEREAS the proceeds of the initial borrowing hereunder, together with the proceeds from the Equity Contribution, will be used to pay the consideration under the Acquisition Agreement, to repay certain outstanding indebtedness of Borrower of up to $62.8 million (together, the “Refinancing”) and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions (as defined herein);
WHEREAS Borrower and Holdings have requested that (i) the Term Loan Lenders make Term Loans to Borrower of $147.5 million in the aggregate and (ii) the Revolving Loan Lenders provide Revolving Loan Commitments of $25.0 million in the aggregate to be available for Revolving Loans to Borrower and Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Loan Parties; and
WHEREAS the applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquired Business” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreement and each of the other documents listed on Schedule 5.21.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto, and includes any successor administrative agent hereunder.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify in writing to Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(c).
“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Arrangers; and “Agent” shall mean any of them.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.02.
“Aggregate Commitments” means, collectively, the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, Aggregate Term Loan Commitments and the Aggregate Incremental Term Loan Commitments, if any.
“Aggregate Incremental Term Loan Commitments” means the Incremental Term Loan Commitments, if any, of all of the Incremental Term Loan Lenders.
“Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments” means the Revolving Loan Commitments of all of the Revolving Loan Lenders.
“Aggregate Term Loan Commitments” means the Term Loan Commitments of all of the Term Loan Lenders.
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“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.22(a).
“Applicable Rate” means (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.04(c):
Applicable Rate
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Base Rate |
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Commitment |
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>6.50 : 1.00 |
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2.25 |
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1.25 |
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0.50 |
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<6.50 : 1.00 and >5.50 : 1.00 |
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2.00 |
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1.00 |
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0.50 |
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<5.50 : 1.00 |
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1.75 |
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0.75 |
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0.375 |
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and (b) with respect to any Term Loan, 2.25%, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Term Loans and 1.25%, in the case of Base Rate Term Loans; provided that with respect to Revolving Loans Pricing Level 1 shall apply until the date that is six months following the Closing Date (the “Trigger Date”). On and after the Trigger Date, the Applicable Rate with respect to Revolving Loans shall be determined by reference to the grid above. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c); provided that (x) if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the Compliance Certificate is delivered and (y) Pricing Level 1 shall apply during any Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(b) or (g) and any other Event of Default as to which any Loan Party, any Agent or any Lender has given notice (including by any Loan Party under Section 6.05).
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Loan Lenders, and (c) with respect to the Swing Line, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Loan Lenders.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that advises or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Asset Acquisition” means any Permitted Business Acquisition, the aggregate consideration for which exceeds $2.0 million.
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“Asset Disposition” means (a) any conveyance, sale, transfer, lease, sublease, assignment or other disposition by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries to any Person other than Holdings or any Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder of any asset or group of related assets (other than inventory or other assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business) in one or a series of related transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed $2.0 million, and (b) any sale of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Holdings to any Person other than Holdings or any Subsidiary to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, in one or a series of related transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed $2.0 million. The term “Asset Disposition” shall not include the conveyance, sale, transfer, lease, sublease, assignment or other disposition of assets permitted by subsections (a) or (h) of Section 7.05.
“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 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and Borrower.
“Assumption Agreement” means an Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Audited Financial Statements” means (a) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, including the notes thereto, and (b) the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and Borrower as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, including the notes thereto.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(b).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender (including each Swing Line Lender) to make Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.01.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base Rate” means with respect to any Revolving Loan or any Term Loan, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The relevant “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,
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which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“Base Rate Term Loan” means a Term Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Borrowing” means a Term Loan Borrowing, a Revolving Loan Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or an Incremental Term Loan Borrowing, as the context may require.
“Borrowing or Conversion Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term Loan Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Loan Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be executed by Borrower, and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
“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 of New York or in Charlotte, North Carolina 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.
“Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such Person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such Person, provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for Holdings and the Subsidiaries shall not include:
(a) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings after the Closing Date to Sponsor or any other Permitted Investor or with funds that would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but that will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first proviso to such clause (a)),
(b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made, or a binding contract is or has been entered into to make such expenditures, to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries within 12 months of receipt of such proceeds,
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(c) interest capitalized during such period,
(d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such Person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which none of Holdings nor any Subsidiary thereof has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period),
(e) the book value of any asset owned by such Person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period, provided that any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made,
(f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business,
(g) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition,
(h) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time, or
(i) expenditures made with the cash proceeds of landlord allowances and advances.
“Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense or other noncash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, Holdings or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions, (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements and (d) cash interest income of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period; provided that (i) Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any financing fees paid in connection with
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the Transactions (or any refinancing of any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith to the extent that such financing fees are paid with the proceeds from such refinancing Indebtedness) or any amendment of this Agreement and (ii) for purposes of determining the Interest Coverage Ratio for the period ending December 31, 2006, Cash Interest Expense for the such period shall be deemed to equal historical Cash Interest Expense for the two fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2006 multiplied by 2, and for purposes of determining the Interest Coverage Ratio for the period ending March 31, 2007, Cash Interest Expense for the such period shall be deemed to equal historical Cash Interest Expense for the three fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2007 multiplied by 4/3.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 etseq.
“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.
A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time, a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of managers of Holdings shall at any time be occupied by Persons who were neither (A) nominated by a Permitted Holder (directly or indirectly) nor (B) appointed by a Permitted Holder (directly or indirectly);
(b) at any time prior to an initial public offering of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Person who, directly or indirectly, owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings (a “Parent Company”), the Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, Equity Interests representing more than 50% of (i) the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings or (ii) the common economic interest represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings;
(c) at any time from and after an initial public offering of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Company, any Person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders, shall own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity Interests representing a larger percentage of such ordinary voting power at such time than the Permitted Holders in the aggregate;
(d) Holdings at any time ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower; or
(e) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” as defined in the indenture relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, the senior subordinated bridge loan agreement).
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“Class” (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Revolving Loan Lenders, Term Loan Lenders or Incremental Term Loan Lenders, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Loan Commitments, Term Loan Commitments, or Incremental Term Loan Commitments and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans, or Incremental Term Loans.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security Document.
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto, and includes any successor collateral agent hereunder.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Term Loan Commitment, or any combination of them, as the case may be.
“Communications Act” shall mean the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations and published policies of the FCC thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time.
“Communications Law” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority (including the FCC), relating in any way to the offering or provision of communications, including the Communications Act.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Confidential Information Memorandum” means that certain confidential information memorandum dated as of June 2006.
“Consolidated Debt”, at any date, means the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (and not including any indebtedness under letters of credit (x) to the extent undrawn or (y) if drawn, to the extent reimbursed within 10 Business Days after such drawing) of Holdings and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that
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(i) any net after-tax extraordinary, special (to the extent reflected as a separate line item on a consolidated income statement prepared in accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with historical practices) or non-recurring gain or loss (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or income or expense or charge including, without limitation, any severance expense, and fees, expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests of Holdings, any Investment, acquisition, asset disposition, repayment of debt, refinancing transaction or other modification of any debt instrument, or Indebtedness, in each case permitted to be incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful), including all fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including, without limitation, all Transaction Costs), in each case shall be excluded; provided that, with respect to each non-recurring item, Holdings shall specify and quantify such item in each Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.04(c),
(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of such Person) shall be excluded,
(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness shall be excluded,
(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, of such Person shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments in respect of equity paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person or a subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in respect of equity in cash received from any such Person in excess of the amounts included in clause (A), and (C) to the extent that the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a subsidiary of such Person represents a loss, such loss shall be excluded,
(vi) the Net Income for such period of any Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Loan Party shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally waived (provided that the net loss of any such Subsidiary shall be included), provided that such Net Income shall be included to the extent (and only to the extent) such Subsidiary may (without violation of law or binding contractual arrangements) make loans and/or advances to its parent corporation (which corporation may in turn dividend, loan and/or advance the proceeds
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of such loans or advances to its parent corporation and so on for all parents until reaching Holdings) and/or to Holdings,
(vii) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(viii) an amount equal to the amount of Tax Distributions actually made to the holders of Equity Interests of Holdings in respect of the net taxable income allocated by such Person to such holders for such period to the extent funded by Borrower shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person,
(ix) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any noncash charges or other effects (such as purchased in-process research and development or capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory) resulting from purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition that is consummated prior to or after the Closing Date shall be excluded, and
(x) any long-term incentive plan accruals and any non-cash compensation expense realized from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries shall be excluded.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust 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 exercise of voting power, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Cure Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
“Cure Right” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits.
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be
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classified on a consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any debt or Capital Lease Obligations, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income, profits or capital, (d) accruals, if any, of Transaction Costs, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv) through (a)(ix) of the definition of such term.
“Debt Service” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt for such period.
“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” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Revolving Loans, Term Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line 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, insolvency or similar proceeding.
“Documentation Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xiii) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes (including any Tax Distribution taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income),
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(ii) Interest Expense of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income for such period of Holdings and the Subsidiaries),
(iii) depreciation and amortization (including amortization in respect of capitalized programming rights associated with Programming Obligations and other amortized film expenses, amortization of goodwill and other intangibles, deferred financing fees and any amortization included in pension, OPEB or other employee benefit expenses, but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period other than in respect of Programming Obligations and film expenses) and other non-cash expenses (including, without limitation, write-downs and impairment of property, plant, equipment and intangibles, capitalized programming rights associated with Programming Obligations and other long-lived assets and the impact of purchase accounting but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period), in each case of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period,
(iv) up to $500,000 for each of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006 and the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006, in each case relating to automation-related cost savings that Borrower in good faith expects to actually realize within the following eight fiscal quarters including, without duplication, any cost savings actually realized during such fiscal quarters; provided that all of the above shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent setting forth in reasonable detail all related information and calculations specifying and quantifying such savings and stating when such savings are expected to be actually realized,
(v) a severance charge of up to $250,000 in fiscal year 2006, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent setting forth in reasonable detail all related information and calculations specifying and quantifying such charge,
(vi) any other noncash charges or expenses (but excluding any such charge which requires an accrual of, or a cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period); provided that, for purposes of this subclause (vi) of this clause (a), any noncash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made,
(vii) the minority interest expense consisting of the subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary in such period or any prior period, except to the extent of dividends declared or paid on Equity Interests held by third parties,
(viii) the amount of any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by any Loan Party from a Person other than Holdings or any Subsidiary under any agreement providing for reimbursement of any such expense provided such reimbursement payment has not been included in determining EBITDA (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed
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the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods),
(ix) the amount of any payment made by any Loan Party to Sponsor or any other Permitted Investor in respect of reimbursements of out of pocket expenses (or any accruals related to such reimbursements) during such period; provided that such amount shall not exceed $250,000 in any four quarter period,
(x) except for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow to the extent consisting of any net cash loss, any net losses resulting from currency Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business relating to intercompany loans among or between Holdings and/or any of the Subsidiaries to the extent that the nominal amount of the related Swap Agreement does not exceed the principal amount of the related intercompany loan,
(xi) cash payments related to network compensation,
(xii) cash payments in respect of bonuses paid to employees of Holdings and/or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, not to exceed $850,000 in the aggregate, and
(xiii) cash payments in respect of termination fees incurred pursuant to contracts acquired as part of the Acquisition, not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate;
minus (b) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) to (v) of this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i) the minority interest income consisting of subsidiary losses attributable to the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary,
(ii) noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period),
(iii) all scheduled Programming Cash Payments with respect to such period,
(iv) except for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow to the extent consisting of a net cash gain, any net gains resulting from currency Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business relating to intercompany loans among or between Holdings and/or any of the Subsidiaries to the extent that the nominal amount of the related Swap Agreement does not exceed the principal amount of the related intercompany loan, and
(v) network revenue recognized in such period but received in cash in one or more other periods.
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For purposes of this Agreement, EBITDA shall be deemed to be the following amounts for the fiscal quarters ending on the following dates: $5.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2005; $8.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2005; $6.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005; $9.8 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2005; and $6.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. With respect to each fiscal quarter specified in this paragraph, the amounts of EBITDA set forth in this paragraph shall be adjusted to reflect any material restatement of financial results to the extent that such restatement affects any such period.
“Eligible Assignee” means, as of any proposed assignment date, (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person approved by (i) the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), (ii) in the case of any assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Loan Commitment, Revolving Loan or both, (A) the L/C Issuer and (B) the Swing Line Lender and (iii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (x) any natural Person or (y) the Permitted Holders, Holdings or any of Holdings’ Subsidiaries.
“Embargoed Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.16.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is maintained or contributed to by Holdings, Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which Holdings, Borrower or a Subsidiary could incur liability.
“Environment” means ambient air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Claim” means any claim, notice, demand, order, action, suit, proceeding or other communication alleging liability for investigation, remediation, removal, cleanup, response, corrective action, damages to natural resources, personal injury, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs resulting from, related to or arising out of (i) the presence, Release or threatened Release in or into the Environment of Hazardous Material at any location or (ii) any violation of Environmental Law, and shall include any claim seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from, related to or arising out of the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Law” means any and all applicable present and future treaties, laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, decrees, orders, judgments, consent orders, consent decrees, codes or other binding requirements, and the common law, relating to pollution or protection of the Environment or of human health (to the extent relating to Releases of or exposure to Hazardous Materials), or to the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, or natural resource damages and any and all Environmental Permits.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, approval, consent or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under Environmental Law.
“Equity Contribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
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“Equity Interest” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred stock, convertible preferred equity certificate (whether or not equity under local law), any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest.
“Equity Investors” means one or more funds affiliated with or managed by Sponsor.
“Equity Percentage” means 50%; provided that if at the time of any prepayment required by Section 2.05(c) hereof, (a) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) (together with the corresponding Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 6.04) is less than or equal to 5.00:1.00 but greater than 3.50:1.00, then the percentage set forth above shall be deemed to be 25% and (b) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) (together with the corresponding Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 6.04) is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, then the percentage set forth above shall be deemed to be 0%.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Holdings, Borrower or a Subsidiary 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 Holdings, 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 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 that results in or would reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of withdrawal liability by Holdings 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 Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by an ERISA Entity of any notice concerning the imposition of ERISA withdrawal liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (f) 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; (g) 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 Holdings, Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the existence with respect to any Pension Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (i) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application
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for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan; (j) the making of any amendment to any Pension Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; or (k) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in a material liability to Holdings, Borrower or the Subsidiaries.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, 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 reasonably 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 Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“Eurodollar Rate Term Loan” means a Term Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurodollar funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
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“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA of Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without duplication,
(a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(b) (i) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (ii) any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Revolving Loan Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of Revolving Loans was simultaneously repaid and (iii) any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent not financed, or intended to be financed, using the proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness, so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,
(c) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder (less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital),
(d) an amount in respect of Capital Expenditures paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(e) Taxes paid in cash by Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period (provided that any amount so deducted that will be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period) and for which reserves have been established,
(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of Holdings and the Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,
(h) permitted dividends or distributions or repurchases of its Equity Interests paid in cash by Holdings or Borrower during such Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted dividends paid by any Subsidiary to any Person other than Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance with Section 7.06(b),
(i) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith, and
(j) Tax Distributions which are paid during the respective Excess Cash Flow Period or will be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period
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(as reasonably determined in good faith by Holdings) to the extent, in each case, funded by Holdings or Borrower, provided that to the extent such Tax Distributions are not actually paid within such six month period such amounts shall be added to Excess Cash Flow for the next succeeding Excess Cash Flow Period;
plus, without duplication,
(1) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(2) all proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Capital Lease Obligations, purchase money Indebtedness, Sale and Lease-Back Transactions pursuant to Section 7.03 and any other Indebtedness, in each case to the extent used to finance any Capital Expenditure (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement to the extent there is no corresponding deduction to Excess Cash Flow above in respect of the use of such Borrowings),
(3) all amounts referred to in clause (d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of, or capital contributions to, Holdings after the Closing Date (to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), make any investment or capital expenditure or otherwise for any purpose resulting in a deduction to Excess Cash Flow in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period) or any amount that would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” if not so spent, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,
(4) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures and the corresponding delivery of equipment referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess Cash Flow Period of Holdings specified in the certificate of Holdings provided pursuant to clause (d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures that were not so made in the Excess Cash Flow Period of Holdings specified in such certificates,
(5) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
(6) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.05(c)),
(7) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and
(8) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (x) such items represented cash received by Holdings or any Subsidiary or (y) such items
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do not represent cash paid by Holdings or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period.
“Excess Cash Flow Period” means (i) the period taken as one accounting period beginning October 1, 2006 and ending on December 31, 2007 and (ii) each fiscal year of Holdings thereafter.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Excluded Equity Issuances” means (i) the issuance of Equity Interests by Holdings to Sponsor or any other Permitted Investor, (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests by Holdings the proceeds of which are used to fund Investments permitted by Section 7.04, (iii) the issuance of Equity Interests by Holdings the proceeds of which are used to fund Permitted Business Acquisitions, (iv) Equity Interests issued by Holdings (x) as compensation to employees of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries or (y) to members of management of Holdings or any Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and (v) Permitted Cure Securities.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by overall net income or net profits, franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, and branch profits or similar Taxes imposed, in each case, on it by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) as a result of the recipient being organized, doing business or having its Lending Office in such jurisdiction or by reason of any other connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer (other than a business or connection arising or deemed to arise from any transaction contemplated under the Loan Documents) and (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under Section 10.13), (i) any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender under a law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a); providedthat this subclause (b)(i) shall not apply to any Tax imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 2.13, and (ii) any Tax that is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e).
“Executive Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.22(a).
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any receipt by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property, tax refunds, indemnity payments or pension reversions, in each case excluding any receipt by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
“FCC” means the United States Federal Communications Commission.
“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
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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 rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means the fee letter dated March 24, 2006 among Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Bridge LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Wachovia Investment Holdings, LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Barrington Broadcasting LLC and Barrington Broadcasting Corporation (as predecessor to the Borrower).
“Fees” means the Revolving Loan Commitment Fees, the Letter of Credit Fees, the fronting fees and other fees specified in the Fee Letter.
“Finance Subsidiary” means Barrington Broadcasting Capital Corporation.
“Financial Officer” means, of any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.
“Financial Performance Covenants” means the covenants of Holdings set forth in Sections 7.11 and 7.12.
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.02).
“Flow Through Entity” means an entity that is treated as a partnership not taxable as a corporation, a grantor trust or a disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes or subject to treatment on a comparable basis for purposes of state, local or foreign tax law.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower which is not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“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.
“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
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of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, 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 supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements” means any applicable law of any Governmental Authority requiring notification to the buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other transferee of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, or notification, registration or filing to or with any Governmental Authority, in connection with the sale, lease, mortgage, assignment or other transfer (including any transfer of control) of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, of the actual or threatened presence or Release in or into the Environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous Material on, at, under or near the Real Property, facility, establishment or business to be sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned or transferred.
“Granting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(g).
“Guarantors” means, collectively,Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement in respect of the Obligations delivered pursuant to Section 6.09(d).
“Hazardous Materials” means the following: hazardous substances; hazardous wastes; polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or any substance or compound containing PCBs; asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials; radon or any other radioactive materials including any source, special nuclear or by-product material or microwaves; petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof; and any other pollutant or contaminant or chemicals, wastes, materials, compounds, constituents or substances, subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Honor Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Improvements” means all on-site and off-site improvements to the Property, constructed on the Property, together with all fixtures, tenant improvements, and appurtenances now or later to be located on the Property and/or in such improvements.
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c).
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“Incremental Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Incremental Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period.
“Incremental Term Loan Borrowing Date” means each date on which Incremental Term Loans are incurred pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” means, for any Incremental Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Incremental Term Loan Lender to make Incremental Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(c) on a given Incremental Term Loan Borrowing Date, as such commitment (x) is set forth in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 2.14(b) and (y) may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.06(c) or terminated pursuant to Section 2.06.
“Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement” means an Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M (appropriately completed as contemplated by this Agreement and with such modifications as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Holdings).
“Incremental Term Loan Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(b).
“Incremental Term Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(b).
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities and current intercompany liabilities (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals or replacements thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence thereof, Programming Obligations, earnout obligations and reimbursement obligations in respect of trade letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business with expiration dates not in excess of 365 days from the date of issuance (x) to the extent undrawn or (y) if drawn, to the extent repaid in full within ten Business Days of any such drawing), (e) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) all payments that such Person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (h) except as provided in clause (d) above, the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and (i) the principal component of all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof.
“Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
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“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15.
“Insurance Policies” means the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained by each Loan Party which is an owner of or holder of any interest in the Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 6.02 and all renewals and extensions thereof.
“Insurance Requirements” means, collectively, all provisions of the Insurance Policies, all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions) binding upon each Loan Party which is an owner of or holder of any interest in the Mortgaged Property and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.
“Intellectual Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.11.
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts and premium, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including any fees, payment-in-kind interest and upfront costs with respect to Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense, (iii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs with respect to Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP and (iv) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations, synthetic leases, tax retention operating leases, off-balance sheet loans and similar off-balance sheet financing products allocable to interest expense and (b) capitalized interest expense of such Person for such period. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by Holdings and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be; provided 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 (including a Swing Line Loan), March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day then such date shall fall on the next preceding Business Day.
“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 or (ii) if agreed to by all
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Revolving Loan Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, nine or twelve months thereafter, in each case as selected by Borrower in a Borrowing or Conversion Notice; provided that:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, in the case of an Interest Period applicable to Revolving Loans, or the Term Loan Maturity Date, in the case of an Interest Period applicable to Term Loans.
“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“Laws” means, collectively, all applicable international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents, 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, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Loan Lender, such Revolving Loan Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Loan Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, extension of the expiry date thereof or the increase of the amount thereof.
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“L/C Issuer” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with any other Revolving Lender (or Affiliate thereof) that agrees in writing with Borrower and the Administrative Agent to act as an L/C Issuer, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and includes any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Leases” means any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other similar agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any Real Property.
“Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with any Incremental Term Loan Lender or any Person that subsequently becomes a Lender by way of assignment in accordance with the terms of Section 10.06, together with their respective successors, other than any Person that ceases to be a Lender as a result of an assignment in accordance with Section 10.06 or an amendment of this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“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 Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means (i) in the case of standby letters of credit, the day that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of trade letters of credit, the day that is 30 days prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitment.
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“Licenses” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.23.
“License Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower (i) formed for the purpose of holding Licenses, (ii) holding Licenses (in each case of (i) and (ii), such licenses issued to or to be issued to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the operation of their respective businesses) or (iii) which owns an entity described in (i) or (ii).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, security interest, assignment or encumbrance of any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference or any filing of any financing statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of liens under any similar notice or recording statute of any Governmental Authority, including any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, in or on such asset and any agreement to give any of the foregoing, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset, and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan, a Swing Line Loan or Incremental Term Loan (if any).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Assumption Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Security Documents, the Fee Letter and the Guaranty.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Management Agreement” means the Management Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2003, by and between Pilot Group TV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of Holdings and Borrower, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (1) any new directors whose election or whose nomination for election was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of Holdings or Borrower, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of Holdings or Borrower, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so appointed, in accordance with clause (1) above, constituted a majority of the directors of Holdings or Borrower, as the case may be.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) on the Closing Date, a material adverse effect on the properties, operations, business, financial condition or results of operation of the Acquired Business other than any change, effect, event or occurrence resulting from (i) changes in the United States economy in general or any Station’s Designated Market Area (as defined by Xxxxxxx Media Research or its successor) economy in general, (ii) changes in United States stock market conditions in general, (iii) changes in the United States broadcasting industry in general, (iv) any war, outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or act of terrorism or (v) the announcement of the existence
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of the asset purchase agreement related to the Acquisition or the transactions contemplated under such agreement; and (b) following the Closing Date, (i) a material adverse effect on the properties, operations, business, financial condition or results of operation of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties to fully and timely perform their obligations under any Loan Document; (iii) a material impairment of the rights or remedies available to the Lenders or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document; or (iv) a material adverse effect on the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on a material portion of the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.
“Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of Holdings or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $7.5 million.
“Material Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary (a) whose total assets at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date, (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP or (c) that is a License Subsidiary or that owns a License Subsidiary.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.09.
“Minority Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, deed of trust or any other document, creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit N, with such schedules and including such provisions as shall be necessary to conform such document to applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under applicable local or foreign law.
“Mortgaged Properties” means the owned real properties of Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor set forth on Schedule 4.01(j) and designated therein as “Mortgaged Properties” and additional owned real property (if any) of Loan Parties encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 6.09.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Holdings, 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.
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“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
“Net Proceeds” means:
(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Extraordinary Receipts or loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real property) to any Person of any asset or assets of Holdings or any Subsidiary (other than those pursuant to Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (k)), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments, including payment of outstanding principal amounts, premiums or penalties, if any, and interest, and required payments of other obligations relating to or secured by the applicable asset (other than pursuant hereto), other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes or Tax Distributions paid or payable as a result thereof and (iii) appropriate amounts set up as a reserve against liabilities associated with the assets or business so disposed of and retained by the selling entity after such sale, transfer or other disposition, as reasonably determined by Holdings, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, liabilities related to post-closing purchase price adjustments and liabilities related to any other indemnification obligation associated with the assets or business so disposed of, provided that, upon any reversal, release or termination of such reserve, all amounts not paid-out in connection therewith shall be deemed to be “Net Proceeds” of such sale, transfer or other disposition; provided that, if no Event of Default exists and Holdings shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth Borrower’s intention to use or contractually commit to use any portion of such proceeds to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, or make investments pursuant to Section 7.04(m), in each case within 12 months of such receipt such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not so used (or contractually committed to be used) within such 12-month period (provided that if contractually committed to be used within such 12-month period, they must actually be used within 180 days after the end of such 12-month period or they will then be deemed Net Proceeds); and provided, further, that no such transactions resulting in aggregate proceeds of less than $2.0 million in any fiscal year shall constitute Net Proceeds,
(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by Holdings or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees),
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commissions, costs and other expenses (including attorneys’ fees and accountants’ fees), in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale, and
(c) the Equity Percentage of the cash proceeds from the issuance or sale by Holdings of any Equity Interests (other than Excluded Equity Issuances), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.
For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to Holdings or Borrower or any Affiliate of either of them shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Sponsor.
“New SagamoreHill Facility” means the $2.45 million credit facility dated as of August 11, 2006, among SagamoreHill of Carolina, LLC, SagamoreHill of Carolina Licenses, LLC, Bank of America, N.A. and the other lenders thereunder, as in effect on the Closing Date.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(b).
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not a Guarantor.
“Note” means a Revolving Loan Note, Term Loan Note, Incremental Term Note or Swing Line Loan Note, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means obligations of Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by Borrower and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of L/C Advances, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, owing by Borrower and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.22(b).
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer in his or her official (and not individual) capacity.
“on” when used with respect to the Property or any property adjacent to the Property, means “on, in, under, above or about.”
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise taxes, or similar charges or levies with respect to any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or arising from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Revolving Loans occurring on such date; (b) with respect to Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Term Loans occurring on such date; (c) with respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on such date; and (d) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Parent Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Change of Control” in this Agreement.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(d).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“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 Holdings, Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which Holdings, 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.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
“Permitted Business Acquisition” means any acquisition of all or any portion of the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person (or any subsequent investment made in a Person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition) if (a) such acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an unsolicited or hostile offer and (b) immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with all material applicable laws; and (iii) (A) Holdings and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition or formation, with the Financial Performance Covenants recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, and Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings to such effect, together with all relevant financial information for such Subsidiary or assets, (B) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01), (C) such acquisition of assets or Equity Interests shall be made by Holdings, Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, the Subsidiary acquired shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and Holdings, Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall take the actions required to
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be taken under Section 6.09 and (D) all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or acquired properties under Section 6.09 shall have been taken.
“Permitted Cure Securities” means (i) any common equity securities of Holdings and/or (ii) any other equity securities of Holdings having no mandatory redemption, repurchase or similar requirements prior to 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, and upon which all dividends or distributions (if any) shall be payable solely in additional shares of such equity securities or common equity securities of Holdings.
“Permitted Holders” means each of (i) Sponsor, (ii) any other Permitted Investor, (iii) the Management Group, with respect to not more than 10% of the total voting power of the Equity Interests of Holdings or, after an initial public offering of its stock, any Parent Company of Holdings, as the case may be, or (iv) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Company of Holdings.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year;
(b) cash, cash held in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits having a Dollar Equivalent that is in excess of $500.0 million and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A by S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P;
(e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Xxxxx’x;
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(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxx’x; and
(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 1/2 of 1% of the total assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of Holdings’ most recently completed fiscal year.
“Permitted Investors” means (i) Sponsor and (ii) other investors that provide a portion of the Equity Contribution and their Affiliates; provided that (x) all such other investors shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and (y) the majority of the Equity Contribution shall be provided by Sponsor.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), (b) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a later or equal stated maturity and longer or equal Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms, taken as a whole, at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Premises” has the meaning assigned thereto in the applicable Mortgage.
“Presumed Tax Rate” means, where the entity in question has (to the knowledge of the entity in question) both corporate and non-corporate owners (including beneficial owners if a direct owner is a Flow Through Entity) for the applicable period, the greater of (x) the highest effective marginal statutory combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual residing in New York City (taking into account (i) the deductibility of state and local
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income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, assuming the limitation of Section 68(a)(2) of the Code applies and taking into account any impact of the Code, and (ii) the character (long-term or short-term capital gain, dividend income or other ordinary income) of the applicable income) and (y) the highest combined U.S. federal, state and local tax rate prescribed for a corporation doing business in New York City (taking into account the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes), or if there are, to the knowledge of the entity in question, only non-corporate owners or corporate owners (including beneficial owners if a direct owner is a Flow Through Entity) for the applicable period, either (x) or (y) as applicable.
“Pro Forma Basis” means as to any Person, for any events as described in clauses (i) and (ii) below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period or eight consecutive fiscal quarter period, as the case may be, ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”):
(i) in making any determination of EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be given to any Asset Disposition and to any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.04 or 7.05), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Asset Acquisition,” occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Asset Acquisition is consummated); and
(ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes not to finance any acquisition) incurred or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Asset Acquisition,” occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Asset Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such Person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall include (A) the acquisition of the following stations: (i) KRCG (Jefferson City - Columbia, MO) (acquisition completed in February 2005), (ii) KVII (Amarillo, TX) and KVIH (Clovis, NM) (both acquisitions completed August 2005) and (iii) WPDE (Myrtle Beach, SC) and WWMB (Myrtle Beach, SC) (both acquisitions completed February 2006) and (B) the not-yet-realized cost savings described in clause (iv) of the definition of “EBITDA.”
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Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of Holdings and (x) for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of an Asset Acquisition or Asset Disposition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.04 or 7.05), may include adjustments to reflect operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from such Asset Acquisition, Asset Disposition or other similar transaction (provided that any such reductions, improvements or synergies related to or arising from headcount reductions shall be limited to those reasonably expected to be achieved within 120 days following the closing of such transaction), to the extent that Holdings delivers to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Financial Officer of Holdings setting forth such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and (ii) information and calculations supporting in reasonable detail such estimated operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies and (y) for any fiscal period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, pro forma effect shall be given to the Transactions in determining EBITDA so long as the required certifications described in preceding clause (x) are specifically included in reasonable detail in the respective Officer’s Certificate and related information and calculations.
“Programming Cash Payments” means, for any period, the sum (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) of all payments actually made by Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such period on Programming Obligations that were existing as of, or have been incurred at any time after, the Closing Date.
“Programming Obligations” means all obligations in respect of the purchase, use, license or acquisition of programs, programming materials, films and similar assets used in connection with the business and operation of Holdings, Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
“Projections” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.15.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Class of Loans at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Class of Loans at such time; provided that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Property” means any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any Person and whether now in existence or owned or hereafter entered into or acquired, including all Real Property.
“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“Raycom” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
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“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, and other property and rights incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
“Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
“Refinancing” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the FRB as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and trustees of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.
“Remaining Present Value” means, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into.
“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
“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 (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, a Borrowing or Conversion Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and L/C Obligations (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Loan Commitments and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Loan Commitments; provided that the unused Term Loan Commitment of, and the portion of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and L/C Obligations held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
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“Required Percentage” means, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow Period, 50%; provided, that if at the time of any prepayment required by Section 2.05(c) in respect of such Excess Cash Flow Period, (a)(i) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) (together with the corresponding Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 6.04) is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 but greater than 3.00:1.00 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such percentage shall be 25% and (b)(i) the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) (together with the corresponding Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 6.04) is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such percentage shall be 0%.
“Response” means (a) ”response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, xxxxx or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies, investigations and monitoring in connection with, or as a precondition to, clause (i) or (ii) above.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of a Loan Party.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans of the same Type, and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Loan Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Loan Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the heading “Revolving Loan Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Loan Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Revolving Loan Lenders are $25.0 million on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving Loan Lender” means a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Revolving Loan Commitments, the L/C Obligations, and the Swing Line pursuant to Section 2.06(a) or 8.01.
“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Revolving Loan Lender or its registered assigns, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, evidencing Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Loan Lender to Borrower.
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“SagamoreHill Facility” means the credit facility dated February 6, 2006 among SagamoreHill of Carolina, LLC, SagamoreHill of Carolina Licenses, LLC, CIT Lending Services Corporation and the other lenders thereunder.
“SagamoreHill Time Brokerage Agreement” means the Time Brokerage Agreement, dated as of April 28, 1994, by and between Atlantic Media Group, Inc. (“Atlantic”), as licensee, and Vision Communications, Inc. (“Vision”), as programmer/time broker; as amended by that certain Amendment to and Extension of Time Brokerage Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2003, by and between Atlantic and Diversified Communications (“Diversified”), as the assignee of Vision; as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Time Brokerage Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2005, by and between Atlantic and Diversified; as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Time Brokerage Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2005, by and between SagamoreHill of Carolina, LLC, as the contemplated assignee of Atlantic, and Barrington Broadcasting South Carolina Corporation, a Delaware corporation; and as further amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Time Brokerage Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2006 by and between Borrower and Barrington Broadcasting South Carolina Corporation, as the same may be further amended, assigned, restated, extended or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Obligations” means (a) the Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each Swap Agreement permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(d) entered into with any counterparty that is a Secured Party, (c) the due and punctual payment of all obligations in respect of any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Person that is a Secured Party and (d) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of the Loan Parties under that certain guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which the Loan Parties have guaranteed the obligations of the borrower under the SagamoreHill Facility.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Collateral Agent, (iii) each other Agent, (iv) the Lenders, (v) the L/C Issuer and (vi) each counterparty to a Swap Agreement or Treasury Management Agreement permitted by Section 7.01(d) with Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor if at the date of entering into such Swap Agreement or Treasury Management Agreement such Person was a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securities Collateral” has the meanings assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Security Agreement” means a security agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G among the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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“Security Agreement Collateral” means all property pledged in which a security interest is created pursuant to the Security Agreement (a) on the Closing Date or (b) thereafter pursuant to Section 6.09.
“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement, pledge agreement or other document or agreement delivered in accordance with applicable law to grant, or purport to grant, a security interest in any Property as collateral for the Secured Obligations.
“Sellers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Senior Subordinated Notes” means $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes of Borrower and Finance Subsidiary, as co-issuers, issued on the Closing Date and any notes issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the related registration rights agreement.
“Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees” means the guarantees of the Senior Subordinated Notes.
“Solvency Certificate” means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
“SPC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(g).
“Specified Loan Party” means, at any time, a Loan Party at such time if the Obligations owing by it (directly or by guarantee) are unsecured by a Lien on its assets.
“Sponsor” means Pilot Group LP and its affiliates or any other investment vehicle controlled by any of them.
“Station” means any television station licensed by the FCC whose ownership is at the relevant time held by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Borrower or any other Loan Party that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of Borrower and such other Loan Party, as applicable.
“Subordinated Intercompany Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01(f).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled, or held (or that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled) by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries”
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shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Holdings, and Subsidiaries of any Person shall include Persons that will become Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of the Acquisition.
“Subsidiary Guarantors” means, collectively, each existing and future direct and indirect Material Subsidiary of Borrower and each other Subsidiary that provides a Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.09(d).
“Survey” means a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property or any easement, or right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property has been granted or become effective through operation of law or otherwise with respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either case, can be depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable, such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness of any such easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Title Company, (iv) complying in all material respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements of the type required under the definition of “Title Policy” hereunder or (b) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swing Line” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
“Swing Line Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto, and includes any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(a).
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“Swing Line Loan Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of the Swing Line Lender or its registered assigns, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, evidencing Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender.
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means the lesser of (a) $5.0 million and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments.
“Syndication Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Tax Distribution” means any distribution described in Section 7.06(e).
“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.
“Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
“Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period.
“Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Term Loan Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term Loan Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Term Loan Lenders at the Closing Date is $147.5 million on the Closing Date.
“Term Loan Lender” means a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or with outstanding Term Loans.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the date which is seven years after the Closing Date and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or 8.01.
“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Loan Lender to Borrower.
“Test Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b).
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“Title Company” means Chicago Title Insurance Company or any other title insurance company as shall be retained by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Title Policy” means with respect to each Mortgage, a policy of title insurance (or pro forma or marked-up title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of title insurance) insuring the Lien of such Mortgage as a valid First Priority mortgage Lien on the Mortgaged Property and fixtures described therein subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.02 in the amount equal to not less than 115% of the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property and fixtures, which fair market value shall be determined by the Collateral Agent and Borrower in their reasonable judgment and which policy (or such pro forma or marked-up commitment) shall (A) be issued by the Title Company, (B) to the extent necessary, include such reinsurance arrangements as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and approved by Borrower, (C) have been supplemented by such endorsements (unless endorsements are not available or are prohibitively expensive) as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, and (D) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by Borrower of all Title Policy premiums, search and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the Title Policies referred to herein.
“Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of eight consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings most recently ended as of such date for which financial statements are available divided by two, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that if any Asset Disposition or any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.04 or 7.05), including the Transactions, or incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, EBITDA shall be determined for the applicable Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences.
“Tranche” means the respective facility and commitment utilized in making Loans hereunder, with there being two Tranches on the Closing Date (consisting of the Term Loan Commitments, the Revolving Loan Commitments and the extensions of credit (i.e., Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit) pursuant thereto. In addition, any Incremental Term Loans extended after the Initial Borrowing Date shall be made pursuant to the Tranche of Term Loans or one or more additional Tranches which shall be designated pursuant to the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreements in accordance with the relevant requirements specified in Section 2.14.
“Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and expenses incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions, the financing of the Transactions and any refinancing of such financing (including fees paid to the Lenders and fees and expenses of the Permitted Investors and their counsel and advisors).
“Transaction Documents” means the Acquisition Documents and the Loan Documents.
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“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the consummation of the Acquisition, (b) the Equity Contribution, (c) the initial funding of the Loans and the effectiveness of the Loan Documents, (d) the offering and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, the funding of a senior subordinated bridge loan facility in lieu thereof), (e) the Refinancing, (f) the termination of the SagamoreHill Facility and the entry into, and the funding of the initial loans under, the New SagamoreHill Facility, (g) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (h) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including netting services, deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.
“Trigger Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate”.
“Type” means, as to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.
“Uniform Customs” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable Law) are owned by such Person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
“Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination, the excess of Current Assets over Current Liabilities; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
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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 permitted successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder,” and 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, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and 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, as in effect from time to time, on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by Holdings’ independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of Holdings and the Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or, prior to such delivery, the Audited Financial Statements of Holdings.
(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 Borrower
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or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and 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) in the event that such change in GAAP, taken together with any other changes in GAAP that have not previously been given effect under this provision, modifies any item in the financial statements of Holdings in an amount exceeding $2.0 million, Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP; provided further that such reconciliation shall be required to be provided only for the four fiscal quarters following such change or for such longer period as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by 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 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.07 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that they were represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, that they and their counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation of the Loan Documents and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Loan Documents.
1.08 Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context requires otherwise.
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ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Term Loans and Revolving Loans.
(a) Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a loan (each such loan, a “Term Loan”) to Borrower on the Closing Date, in the amount of such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01. Amounts borrowed as Term Loans under this Section 2.01(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Loan Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01; provided that after giving effect to any borrowing of Revolving Loans, the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(c) Incremental Term Loans. Subject to Section 2.14, the other terms and conditions set forth herein and the relevant Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement, each Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a term loan or term loans (each, an “Incremental Term Loan” and, collectively, the “Incremental Term Loans”) to Borrower, which Incremental Term Loans: (i) may only be incurred on one or more Incremental Term Loan Borrowing Dates (which dates, in any event shall not be later than the Term Loan Maturity Date); (ii) except as hereafter provided, shall, at the option of Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, provided that all Incremental Term Loans made as part of the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist of Incremental Term Loans of the same Type; (iii) shall be made by each such Lender in that aggregate principal amount which does not exceed the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Lender (as set forth in the relevant Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement) on the applicable Incremental Term Loan Borrowing Date and (iv) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount for all Incremental Term Loans made by all Incremental Term Loan Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the various Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreements. Once prepaid or repaid, Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans and Term Loans.
(a) Each borrowing of Loans, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon 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 (i) 12:00 noon, 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) 12:00 noon, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of any borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing or Conversion Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Each borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in an amount equal to $1.0 million or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing or Conversion Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the requested borrowing is to be a Revolving Loan Borrowing, a Term Loan Borrowing, an Incremental Term Loan Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the borrowing, conversion, continuation or rollover, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Revolving Loans or Term Loans to be borrowed, converted, continued or rolled over, (iv) if applicable, the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Borrowing or Conversion Notice or if Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion, continuation or rollover, then the applicable Revolving Loans or Term Loans, as the case may be, 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 Borrower requests a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Borrowing or Conversion Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Borrowing or Conversion Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly (and in any event, on the same day) notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Borrowing or Conversion 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 Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent, either by (i) crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each
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case in accordance with instructions provided (and reasonably acceptable to) to the Administrative Agent by Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Borrowing or Conversion Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to Borrower as provided above.
(c) 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 unless Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the applicable 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 Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than eight Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.
(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make the Loan on the date of such borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any borrowing.
2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Loan Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Loan Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment and (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower’s
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ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Revolving Loan Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Loan Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer generally applicable to the issuance of letters of credit; or
(E) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an
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initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the event that any Letter of Credit Application includes representations and warranties, covenants and/or events of default that do not contain the materiality qualifiers, exceptions or thresholds that are applicable to the analogous provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Documents, or are otherwise more restrictive, the relevant qualifiers, exceptions and thresholds contained herein shall be incorporated therein or, to the extent more restrictive, shall be deemed for purposes of such Letter of Credit Application to be the same as the analogous provisions herein.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices relating generally to issuances of Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Loan Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than one Business Day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not
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be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing; provided that if notice of such drawing is not provided to Borrower prior to 1:00 p.m. on the Honor Date, then Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing fees in respect of any such Letter of Credit. If Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Loan Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing or Conversion Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Loan Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Loan Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
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(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Loan Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Loan Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Loan Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Loan Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Loan Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Loan Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Loan Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by Borrower of a Borrowing or Conversion Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Loan Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Loan Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Loan Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) If, at any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Loan Lender such Revolving Loan Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of cash collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute
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to such Revolving Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Loan Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Loan Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Loan Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Loan Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
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(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse the L/C Issuer from liability to Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent of any damages suffered by Borrower or any Subsidiary that are caused by the L/C Issuer’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Loan Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Loan Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
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ineffective for any reason, except to the extent that any errors with respect to the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the L/C Issuer or failure of the L/C Issuer to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with respect to Letters of Credit.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 to a Borrowing of Revolving Loans cannot then be met, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, Borrower shall within three Business Days, Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such Outstanding Amount determined as of the date of such L/C Borrowing or the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, as the case may be) or, in the case of clause (ii), provide a back-to-back letter of credit in a face amount of at least equal to the then undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit from an issuer and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer. Sections 2.05 and 8.01 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 8.01, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Loan Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Loan Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Loan Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent.
(h) Applicability of ISP and Uniform Customs. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued that Uniform Customs shall apply to such Letter of Credit, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Loan Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender, which portion shall be paid to the L/C Issuer) in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to (x) the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans times (y) the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day then such amounts shall be due and payable on the next preceding Business Day. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans during any quarter, the daily amount available
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to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum equal to 0.125% (or, in the case of any L/C Issuer, any lesser percentage that may be agreed by Borrower and such L/C Issuer), computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, and due and payable on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day then such amounts shall be due and payable on the next preceding Business Day. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within five Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Loan Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to Borrower from time to time on any Business Day after the Closing Date during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Loan Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Loan Lender, plus such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, and provided, further, that Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Loan Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the
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product of such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be an amount in Dollars and a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Loan Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Borrower at its office by crediting the account of Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Loan Lender make a Base Rate Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing or Conversion Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing or Conversion Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Loan Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Borrowing or Conversion Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Borrowing or Conversion Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Loan Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
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(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Loan Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Loan Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Loan Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Loan Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Loan Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Loan Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Loan Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(iv) Each Revolving Loan Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Loan Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; unless, in any case, such Revolving Loan Lender has given the notice specified in Section 2.04(b). No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Loan Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Loan Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Loan Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of
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the Revolving Loan Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Loan Lender funds its Base Rate Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional.
(i) Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, or each, 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 (i) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (ii) one Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1.0 million or a whole multiple of $1.0 million in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans made in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall be in the form of Exhibit A-2 and shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Loan Lender, Term Loan Lender and Incremental Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall be committed to 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 any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
(ii) Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of the lesser of $100,000 and the total principal amount of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Each such notice shall be in the form of Exhibit A-2 and shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by Borrower, Borrower shall be committed to make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.04(a)(i) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Loans, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
(b) Revolving Loan Prepayments. If for any reason at any time the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect, Borrower shall immediately first, prepay Swing Line Loans, second, prepay Revolving Loans, and third, Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations, in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments. Holdings and Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds, promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term Loan Borrowings and/or Revolving Facility Borrowings in accordance with Sections 2.05(e) and (f).
(d) Excess Cash Flow. Not later than 105 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow Period, Holdings shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow in excess of $2.0 million to prepay Term Loan Borrowings in accordance with paragraph Sections 2.05(e) and (f). Not later than the date on which Holdings is required to deliver financial statements with respect to the end of each Excess Cash Flow Period under Section 6.04(a), Holdings will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of Holdings setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.
(e) Application of Prepayments. Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment hereunder, Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(f), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.05(e). Any prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to reduce scheduled prepayments required under Section 2.07, first, to any scheduled principal installments of Term Loans due within the following eight quarters in direct order of maturity, and second, on a pro rata basis to all remaining scheduled principal installments of the Term Loans. Any prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(c) or (d) shall be applied to reduce scheduled prepayments required under Section 2.07 on a pro rata basis to all remaining scheduled principal installments of the Term Loans. To the extent there are mandatory prepayment amounts under Section 2.05(c) or (d) remaining after application pursuant to the preceding sentence, such excess shall be applied to repay Revolving Loans and to reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.
Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.05 to the prepayment of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be applied to the Type of Loan and specific Borrowing or Borrowings designated by Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any prepayment of Loans required under this Section 2.05 would result in Borrower incurring breakage costs under Section 3.05 (the “Affected Loans”), at the election of Borrower, the Affected Loans may be deposited in an escrow account on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and Borrower and applied to the prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by Borrower); provided that at any time while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon
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written direction from the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall apply any or all proceeds then on deposit to the payment of such Affected Loans.
(f) Notice of Prepayment. Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender) by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Base Rate Loan in Dollars, not later than 12:00 noon, one Business Day before the date of prepayment and (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swing Line Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable. Each such notice shall be in the form of Exhibit A-2 and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swing Line Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.05. Except as provided in Section 2.05(e), prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.08.
(g) In addition to any mandatory repayments or commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 2.05, Borrower shall be required to repay the principal amount of Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement or Agreements relating to such Incremental Term Loans (each such repayment as the same may be reduced as provided in Sections 2.05 (a) and (e), a “Scheduled Incremental Term Loan Repayment,” and each such date a “Scheduled Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date”), provided that if any Incremental Term Loans are incurred which will be added to (and form part of) an existing tranche of Incremental Term Loans, the amount of the then remaining Scheduled Incremental Term Loan Repayments of the respective tranche shall be proportionally increased (with the aggregate amount of increases to the then remaining Scheduled Incremental Term Loan Repayments to equal the aggregate principal amount of such new Incremental Term Loans then being incurred) in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.14(c).
2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Revolving Loan Commitments. Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1.0 million or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Loan Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Revolving Loan Lender according to its Pro Rata Share. All fees accrued until the
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effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments in full shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(b) Term Loan Commitments. The Term Loan Commitments of each Term Loan Lender shall be automatically terminated on the Closing Date upon the borrowing of the Term Loans on such date.
(c) Incremental Term Loan Commitments. In addition to any other mandatory commitment reductions pursuant to this Section 2.06, (i) the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of each Lender provided pursuant to a particular Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall be permanently reduced on each Incremental Term Loan Borrowing Date on which Incremental Term Loans are incurred pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Term Loans made by such Lender pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement on such date, (ii) the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of each Lender provided pursuant to a particular Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the earliest of (A) the date specified in such Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement and (B) the Term Loan Maturity Date (whether or not any Incremental Term Loans are incurred on either such date). Borrower may (unless otherwise provided in the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement), upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Incremental Term Loan Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided pursuant to any Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement, in an integral multiple of $1.0 million (or as may otherwise be provided in the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement) in the case of partial reductions to the aggregate amount of Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided pursuant to the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement; provided that each such reduction shall apply proportionately to permanently reduce the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of various Lenders provided pursuant to the respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement.
(d) Termination of Commitments. All Commitments shall terminate at noon on December 31, 2006 if the Closing Date has not occurred on or prior to such time.
2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term Loans. Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Loan Lenders the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans as follows (as adjusted for any payments made under Section 2.05), each such payment to be made on the last Business Day of the applicable fiscal quarter:
Quarter Ending |
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Aggregate Term Loan Principal |
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December 31, 2006 |
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$ |
368,750 |
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March 31, 2007 |
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$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2007 |
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$ |
368,750 |
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September 30, 2007 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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December 31, 2007 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
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Quarter Ending |
|
Aggregate Term Loan Principal |
|
|
March 31, 2008 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
June 30, 2008 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
September 30, 2008 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
December 31, 2008 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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March 31, 2009 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2009 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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September 30, 2009 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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December 31, 2009 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
March 31, 2010 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2010 |
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$ |
368,750 |
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September 30, 2010 |
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$ |
368,750 |
|
December 31, 2010 |
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$ |
368,750 |
|
March 31, 2011 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2011 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
September 30, 2011 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
December 31, 2011 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
March 31, 2012 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2012 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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September 30, 2012 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
December 31, 2012 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
March 31, 2013 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
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June 30, 2013 |
|
$ |
368,750 |
|
Term Loan Maturity Date |
|
$ |
137,543,750 |
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; provided that on the Term Loan Maturity Date, all Term Loans outstanding on such date shall be repaid.
(b) Revolving Loans. Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Revolving Loan Lenders on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
(c) Swing Line Loans. Borrower shall repay its Swing Line Loans on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below:
(i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate;
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(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; and
(iii) each Swing Line 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.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by Borrower hereunder is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal and premium, if any, of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in Section 2.08(a) or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Revolving Loans as provided in Section 2.08(a)(ii) (in either case, the “Default Rate”).
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.08(b) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan without a permanent reduction in Revolving Loan Commitments), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. 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. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.03:
(a) Revolving Loan Commitment Fee. Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Loan Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to (x) prior to the Trigger Date, 0.50% per annum or (y) on and after the Trigger Date, the percentage specified in clause (a) of the definition of the term “Applicable Rate,” in each case times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans (which for the avoidance of doubt does not include the outstanding amount of Swing Line Loans) and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV are not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears (A) on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (provided that if such date is not a Business Day then such amounts shall be due and payable on the next preceding Business Day), commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (B) on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date. Such
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fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Other Fees. Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.
All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America’s “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, continued or converted from a Loan of another Type and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the 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 demonstrable error.
2.11 Evidence of Debt.
(a) 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 demonstrable error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to 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 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 demonstrable error.
(b) Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, 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 a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(c) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above in this Section 2.11, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of demonstrable error.
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2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General. All payments to be made by Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by 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 Pro Rata Share (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 in each case 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 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) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata 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 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to 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 agrees 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 Borrower, to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender at the applicable Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time. If such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent within three Business Days after the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower of the failure of such Lender to make such amount available to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate applicable to Loans of the Class and Type comprising such Borrowing and (y) then Borrower may, without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies it may have hereunder or under applicable law against such Lender, borrow a like amount on an unsecured basis from any commercial bank for a period ending on the date upon which such Lender does in fact make such Borrowing available. If 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 Borrower the amount of such interest paid by 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 Revolving Loan or Term Loan, as the case may be, included in such Borrowing. Any payment by Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer
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hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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 applicable Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent demonstrable error.
(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 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 Revolving Loans or Term Loans, or any combination of the foregoing, as the case may be, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan or Term Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(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 Revolving Loan or Term Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(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.
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 any principal of or interest on any of the Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its Pro Rata Share thereof as provided herein, then 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 Term Loans and/or Revolving Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line 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 their respective Pro Rata Share, provided that:
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(i) 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
(ii) the provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Revolving Loans or Term Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to 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.
2.14 Incremental Term Loan Commitments.
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, Borrower shall have the right to request on one or more occasions prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date that one or more Lenders and/or one or more other Eligible Assignees provide Incremental Term Loan Commitments as designated in the Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the relevant Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement, make Incremental Term Loans, pursuant thereto, it being understood and agreed, however, that:
(i) no Lender shall be obligated to provide an Incremental Term Loan Commitment as a result of any such request by Borrower, and until such time, if any, as such Lender has agreed in its sole discretion to provide an Incremental Term Loan Commitment and executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement as provided in clause (b) of this Section 2.14, such Lender shall not be obligated to fund any Incremental Term Loans;
(ii) except as otherwise provided in clauses (vii) and (viii) below, any Lender or other Eligible Assignee may so provide an Incremental Term Loan Commitment without the consent of any other Lender;
(iii) each provision of Incremental Term Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14 on a given date pursuant to a particular Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall be in a minimum aggregate amount (for all Lenders and other Eligible Assignees who will become Lenders pursuant thereto) of $5,000,000;
(iv) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments permitted to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not exceed $50,000,000;
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(v) the Incremental Term Loans shall not have the benefit of any more favorable security interests or guarantees than the Term Loans;
(vi) all Incremental Term Loans to be incurred pursuant to Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided in response to a particular request for same made by Borrower in accordance with clause (b) of this Section 2.14 shall be incurred pursuant to Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided pursuant to a single Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement, which may be executed in counterparts;
(vii) unless both (I) the Required Lenders and (II) those Lenders holding (as outstanding Loans or existing Revolving Loan Commitments, as the case may be) (x) a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans having a Maturity Date after such proposed Maturity Date plus (y) if such proposed Maturity Date is to be prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, a majority of the total Revolving Loan Commitment, expressly agree in writing, in no event shall the Maturity Date of the Incremental Term Loans to be provided pursuant to any Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement be earlier than the Maturity Date of any other tranche of Loans (or Revolving Loan Commitment) outstanding at the time such Incremental Term Loans are incurred;
(viii) unless both (I) the Required Lenders and (II) those Lenders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans having a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is longer than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Term Loans to be made pursuant to the relevant Incremental Term Loan Commitments expressly agree in writing, in no event shall the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Term Loans to be provided pursuant to any Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement be less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any other tranche of Term Loans outstanding at the time such Incremental Term Loans are incurred;
(ix) Holdings shall be in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and assuming that all Incremental Term Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitments (and any other then existing Incremental Term Loan Commitments) have been incurred and the proceeds thereof applied in a manner as certified to by a Responsible Officer of Borrower to the Administrative Agent) at such time; and
(x) Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with notice of each request for Incremental Term Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14 contemporaneously with the making of each such request.
(b) At the time of any provision of Incremental Term Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14, (i) Borrower, and each Lender or other Eligible Assignee which agrees to provide an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (each an “Incremental Term Loan Lender”) shall execute (which execution may be in counterparts) and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement (it being understood that a single Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall be executed and delivered by all Incremental Term Loan Lenders providing Incremental Term Loan Commitments in response to a particular request
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for same made by Borrower) substantially in the form of Exhibit M (appropriately completed and with such modifications as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Borrower), with the effectiveness of the Incremental Term Loan Commitment(s) provided therein to occur on the date set forth in such Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement and the payment of any fees required in connection therewith; (ii) Holdings and the Subsidiaries shall have delivered such amendments, modifications and/or supplements to the Security Documents (if any) as are necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to ensure that the additional Obligations to be incurred pursuant to the Incremental Term Loan Commitments are secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Security Documents; provided that the collateral and related security interests in respect of the Incremental Term Loans shall not be more favorable to the Incremental Term Loan Lenders than those in respect of the Term Loans; (iii) the Administrative Agent shall receive an acknowledgment from the Loan Parties that the Incremental Term Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty and the Security Documents, together with resolutions executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors, stating that the Incremental Term Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are entitled to benefits of the Guaranty and the Security Documents; and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from counsel to Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may be internal counsel to Borrower) and dated such date, covering such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement, and shall deliver to each Lender a copy of same, and (i) at such time Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed modified to reflect the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of the respective Incremental Term Loan Lenders and (ii) to the extent requested by such Incremental Term Loan Lenders, the appropriate Notes (each, an “Incremental Term Note”) will be issued, at Borrower’s expense, to such Incremental Term Loan Lenders, to be consistent with the requirements of Section 2.11(b) (with appropriate modifications, to the extent needed) to reflect the Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Loan Lenders or Lender, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, the Incremental Term Loan Commitments provided by an Incremental Term Loan Lender or Incremental Term Loan Lenders, as the case may be, pursuant to each Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall constitute a new Tranche, which shall be separate and distinct from the existing Tranche pursuant to this Agreement, provided that the parties to a given Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement may specify therein that the respective Incremental Term Loans made pursuant thereto shall constitute part of, and be added to, the existing Tranche of Term Loans, so long as the following requirements are satisfied:
(i) the Incremental Term Loans to be made pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitment Agreement shall have the same maturity date and the same Weighted Average Life to Maturity as the Tranche of Term Loans to which the new Incremental Term Loans are being added, and shall bear interest at the same rates (i.e., have the same Applicable Rates) applicable to such Tranche; and
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(ii) the new Incremental Term Loans shall have the same amortization payment dates as then remain with respect to the Term Loans to which such new Incremental Term Loans are being added (with the amount of each amortization payment applicable to such new Incremental Term Loans to be the same (on a proportionate basis) as is theretofore applicable to the Term Loans to which such new Incremental Term Loans are being added, thereby increasing the amount of each then remaining amortization payment of the Term Loans proportionately).
ARTICLE III
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 any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall (except to the extent required by law) be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if any Loan Party shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (or any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions of such Taxes (including deductions of such Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within 10 days after a written demand setting forth the amount and the reasons in reasonable detail 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) payable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto (other than penalties attributable to (i) a failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, in making such written demand to Borrower or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth the amount of such payment or liability and the reasons for such payment or liability in reasonable detail delivered to Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
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(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority, Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Each Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of original 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 reasonable request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender or beneficial owner is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) two duly completed and executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor thereto) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party and entitlement to complete exemption from (or reduction in) U.S. federal withholding tax on interest and fees payable hereunder to or for the account of such Foreign Lender,
(ii) two duly completed and executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor thereto),
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit O, to the effect that such Foreign Lender or beneficial owner is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed and executed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor thereto), and, if any fees are payable by Borrower to or for the account of such Foreign Lender, claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the U.S. is a party and entitlement to complete exemption from (or reduction in) U.S. federal withholding tax on such fees, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from (or, after an applicable Change in Law, reduction in) United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law.
Any Lender that is not a Foreign Lender and that may not be treated as an exempt recipient based on the indicators described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) or that has not otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of Borrower that it is an exempt recipient (as defined in Section 6049(b)(4) of the Code and the Treasury regulations thereunder) shall deliver to Borrower (with copies to the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly executed and properly completed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor
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form that such Lender is entitled to provide at such time in order to comply with United States back-up withholding requirements.
From time to time, each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in such Lender’s or beneficial owner’s circumstances that would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in its good faith sole discretion, that it has received a refund (in cash or as an offset against other taxes otherwise then due and payable) of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this section, it shall pay to Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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 Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority other than penalties, interest and other charges arising out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such amount to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to Borrower the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after-tax position than such Lender would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes had never been paid.
3.02 Illegality. If any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or 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, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to 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 Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), 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 conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
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3.03 Inability To Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Term Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (i) 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 Term Loan, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 Eurodollar Rate Loan, in any such case, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify 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, 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 after the Closing Date 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(d)) or the L/C Issuer; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, from time to time upon written demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.07), Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such increased costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law after the Closing Date affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has had the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C
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Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time, upon written demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.07), Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer in compliance with Section 3.07(a) setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a), (b) or (e) of this Section 3.04 and delivered to Borrower shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error. Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. If any Lender is required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurodollar funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), Borrower shall pay to such Lender 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 in the absence of demonstrable error), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest (together with the certificate referred to in clause (c) above) from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.
3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender or such L/C Issuer harmless from any actual loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base 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); or
(b) any failure by Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower;
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. Borrower shall also pay any reasonable and customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
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For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to any Lender under this Section 3.05, such 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.
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or 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 commercially reasonable efforts (subject to such Lender’s internal policies and any legal or regulatory restrictions) to avoid the consequences of such event, including 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 efforts (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, 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 otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. 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 Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to or for the account of any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.
3.07 Matters Applicable to Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under Sections 3.02 through 3.05 shall deliver a certificate to Borrower contemporaneously with the demand for payment setting forth in reasonable detail a calculation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under any of Sections 3.02 through 3.05, Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation from Borrower under Section 3.05, Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.07(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
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(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans) shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof, such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Sections 3.02 through 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist: (i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and (ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
(d) If any Lender gives notice to Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in any of Sections 3.02 through 3.04 that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 3.07 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurodollar Rate Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurodollar Rate Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
3.08 Survival. All of Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Loan and Corporate Documents; Certificates. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each, if applicable, 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Security Agreement, each Mortgage and the Perfection Certificate;
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(ii) a Note executed by Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
(iii) such certificates of resolutions or other equivalent action and incumbency certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably 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;
(iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization or in which Mortgaged Property owned or leased by it is located;
(v) a certificate signed by the president and vice president of Borrower certifying (A) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since December 31, 2005 that has had or would be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi) a Solvency Certificate, executed on behalf of Holdings by a Responsible Officer of Holdings; and
(vii) a Borrowing or Conversion Notice or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extension.
(b) Financings and Other Transactions, Etc. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that prior to or substantially concurrently with the initial Credit Extension, the Acquisition, the Equity Contribution, the termination of the SagamoreHill Facility, the offering of the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, the funding of the senior subordinated bridge facility in lieu thereof) and the receipt of not less than $125.0 million in gross cash proceeds therefrom and the other Transactions shall have been consummated or shall be consummated contemporaneously on the Closing Date, in each case in all material respects in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Transaction Documents unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.
(c) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the other Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, (i) an opinion of Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special New York and Delaware counsel and FCC counsel to the Loan Parties, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1; and (ii) an opinions of local counsel, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2;
(d) Indebtedness. After giving effect to the Transactions, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall have no outstanding Indebtedness or preferred stock, except for Indebtedness
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incurred pursuant to (x) this Agreement, and (y) Indebtedness and preferred stock permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(a).
(e) Personal Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities Collateral accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank;
(ii) all other certificates and agreements, including control agreements with respect to bank accounts with an average daily balance in excess of $500,000, instruments necessary to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in all Chattel Paper, all Instruments, all Deposit Accounts, all Securities Accounts, all Commodity Accounts, and all Investment Property (as each such term is defined in the Security Agreement and to the extent required by the Security Agreement) of each Loan Party have been delivered to the Collateral Agent;
(iii) UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the UCC, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office and such other documents under applicable law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary to perfect the Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security Documents (to the extent required by the Security Agreement);
(iv) copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches, bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date in each of the jurisdictions set forth in Schedules 1(c) and 4 attached to the Perfection Certificate, the results of which shall not reveal any Liens on the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.02 or any other Liens reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent); and
(v) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment or arrangements for payment by the Loan Parties of all applicable recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Security Documents, if any.
(f) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 6.02 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable) and shall name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(g) Consents. All necessary governmental, shareholder and third party consents (including Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act and FCC consents) and approvals necessary in connection with the Transactions shall have been received and shall be in full force and effect, except for such approvals and consents the failure to obtain which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No judgment, order, injunction or other restraint by any Governmental Authority shall prohibit or impose any material adverse conditions on the Transactions.
(h) Fees and Expenses. All documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders (including those of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.
(i) Pro Forma Financial Statements. The Arrangers shall have received and be satisfied with (I) the audited combined consolidated financial statements of Holdings and Borrower for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, (II) the audited combined consolidated financial statements of the Acquired Business for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, (III) unaudited combined consolidated financial statements of Holdings and Borrower and of the Acquired Business for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006, with such unaudited combined consolidated financial statements to be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for interim reporting (and accordingly, such statements do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements), (IV) pro forma financial statements as to Holdings and Borrower, giving effect to the Transactions for the most recently completed fiscal year and any subsequent interim quarterly period, which shall meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and all other accounting rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to a registration statement under such Act on Form S-1 and (V) forecasts of the financial performance of Holdings, Borrower, the Acquired Business and their respective Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarters following the Closing Date and for each of the full fiscal years from 2007 through 2013.
(j) Mortgages. Mortgages encumbering the Real Properties in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties set forth on Schedule 4.01(j) duly executed and acknowledged by the appropriate Loan Parties, together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
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(ii) fully paid Fee Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies or the equivalent or other form available in each applicable jurisdiction in form and substance, with endorsements and in coverage amounts, reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (not to exceed the value of the Real Properties covered thereby issued by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the Real Property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, subject to First Priority Liens permitted by Section 7.02, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) as the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary;
(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
(iv) Surveys with respect to each such Mortgaged Property;
(v) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken; and
(vi) a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property.
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 funding on the 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 (including the initial Credit Extension and other than a Borrowing or Conversion Notice requesting only a conversion of Revolving Loans to the other Type or a conversion of Term Loans to the other Type, or both, as the case may be, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of 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 aspects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements of Holdings and the Subsidiaries furnished pursuant to Section 6.04(a)
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and Section 6.04(b), respectively, and, in the case of the financial statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.04(b), the representations contained in Section 5.05(a), as modified by this clause (a), shall be qualified by the statement that such financial statements are subject to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments.
(b) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Borrowing or Conversion Notice requesting only a conversion of Revolving Loans to the other Type or a conversion of Term Loans to the other Type, or both, as the case may be, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by 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.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Holdings and Borrower represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite limited liability company or corporate power and authority to (i) own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and 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, (d) is in compliance with all Laws and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted, except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, shareholder, member or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s organizational documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (other than as permitted under Section 7.02) under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of
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its Subsidiaries or (ii) 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, with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b) or any violation referred to in clause (c), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No material 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 to be made or obtained by any Loan Party in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents (including the priority thereof) or (d) the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, except for (i) filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect, (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices or filings described in the Security Agreement, (iv) the filing with the FCC of copies of certain of the Loan Documents within thirty (30) days of the date of their execution, (v) applications to the FCC requesting its prior consent to the exercise by the Agents and/or the Lenders of certain of their remedies under this Agreement and under the Security Documents, following an uncured Event of Default, as contemplated by Section 10.17, and (vi) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party hereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Holdings and Borrower and its Subsidiaries and of Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in each case as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the periods covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.
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(b) Since December 31, 2005, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
(c) The unaudited consolidated pro forma balance sheet of Holdings and Borrower as at March 31, 2006 and the related unaudited consolidated pro forma statement of operations of Holdings and Borrower for the twelve months then ended fairly present in all material respects the consolidated pro forma financial condition of Holdings and Borrower as at such date and the consolidated pro forma results of operations of Holdings and Borrower for the period ended on such date (except in each case for the effects of fair value adjustments to the acquired tangible and intangible assets and liabilities required by purchase accounting principles), subject to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(d) The consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows of Holdings and Borrower delivered to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(i) were prepared in good faith on the basis of estimates, information and assumptions believed by management of Borrower to be reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that (i) such forecasts, as they relate to future events, are not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such forecasts may differ from the projected results and that such difference may be material and that such forecasts are not a guarantee of financial performance and (ii) no representation is made with respect to information of a general economic or general industry nature.
5.06 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.06 on the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07 No Default. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would, 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.
5.08 Properties.
(a) Generally. Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries has marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its tangible property material to its business, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section 7.02 and minor irregularities or deficiencies in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such property for its intended purpose. As of the Closing Date, the tangible property of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) is in reasonably good operating order, condition and repair (other than ordinary wear and tear to be expected in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) constitutes all the tangible property which is required for the business and operations of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as presently conducted.
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(b) Real Property. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.01(j) contains a true and complete list of each interest in Real Property (i) owned by Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and describes the type of interest therein held by Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by Holdings or its Subsidiaries, as lessee, sublessee, franchisee or licensee, as of the Closing Date and describes the type of interest therein held by such company, and indicates which Real Properties identified in clause (i) are encumbered by a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties with such Real Properties listed under the heading “Mortgaged Properties.”
(c) No Extraordinary Receipts; Flood Insurance. As of the Closing Date, none of Holdings or its Subsidiaries has received any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Extraordinary Receipts affecting all or any material portion of its property. As of the Closing Date, no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained to the extent required by Section 6.02(b).
5.09 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.09 and except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their businesses, operations and Real Property are in compliance with, and Holdings and its Subsidiaries have no liability under, Environmental Law;
(ii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have obtained all Environmental Permits required for the conduct of their businesses and operations, and the ownership, operation and use of their property, including Real Property, under Environmental Law, and all such Environmental Permits are valid and in full force and effect;
(iii) There has been no Release, or to the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries no threatened Release, of Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Property or facility presently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or their predecessors in interest that would reasonably be expected to result in liability on the part of Holdings and its Subsidiaries under Environmental Law;
(iv) There is no Environmental Claim pending, or to the knowledge of Holdings and its Subsidiaries threatened, against Holdings and its Subsidiaries, or relating to the Real Property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or relating to the operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, and there are no actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of such an Environmental Claim;
(v) No Person with an indemnity or contribution obligation to Holdings and its Subsidiaries relating to compliance with or liability under Environmental Law is in default with respect to such obligation; and
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(vi) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have made available to the Lenders all material records and files in the possession, custody or control of, Holdings and its Subsidiaries concerning compliance with or liability under Environmental Law, including without limitation those concerning Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Material at Real Property or facilities currently or formerly owned, operated, leased or used by Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.09:
(i) None of Holdings or its Subsidiaries is obligated to perform any action or otherwise incur any expense under Environmental Law pursuant to any order, decree, judgment or agreement by which it is bound, and none of them is conducting or financing any Response pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property or any other location;
(ii) No Real Property or facility currently owned, operated or leased by Holdings and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Subsidiaries no Real Property or facility formerly owned, operated or leased by Holdings and its Subsidiaries or any of their predecessors in interest, is (i) listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (ii) listed on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (iii) included on any similar list maintained by any Governmental Authority including any such list relating to petroleum;
(iii) No Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Subsidiaries threatened, under any Environmental Law with respect to any owned real property or other assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; and
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require any material notification, registration, filing, reporting, disclosure, investigation, or Response pursuant to any Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements or any other Environmental Law.
5.10 Insurance. With respect to any Mortgage executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.09(c), the Premises, and the use, occupancy and operation thereof, comply in all material respects with all Insurance Requirements, and comply with the requirements of Section 6.02, and there exists no default under any Insurance Requirement. Each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries has insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are customary for companies of a similar size engaged in similar businesses in similar locations. All insurance maintained by Holdings and its Subsidiaries is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid, and none of Holdings or its Subsidiaries has received notice of violation or cancellation thereof.
5.11 Taxes. Holdings and the Subsidiaries have timely filed all material Federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all material Federal, state and other Taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties otherwise due and payable (whether or not shown on any tax return), except
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those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no written proposed tax assessment against Holdings or any Subsidiary that, if made, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary has made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all Taxes not yet due and payable. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary has ever been a party to any understanding or arrangement constituting a “tax shelter” within the meaning of Section 6662(d)(2)(C)(iii) of the Code or within the meaning of Section 6111(c) or Section 6111(d) of the Code as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, or has ever “participated” in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.6011-4, except as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has any liabilities for the Taxes of any Person under Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law, as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise, except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 ERISA Compliance. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate are in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, except where noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Pension Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Pension Plans by an amount that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Using actuarial assumptions and computation methods consistent with subpart 1 of subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, the aggregate liabilities of each ERISA Entity to all Multiemployer Plans in the event of a complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of the most recent fiscal year of each such Multiemployer Plan, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests.
(a) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the corporate structure of Holdings and the Subsidiaries is as set forth on Schedule 5.13(a).
(b) Schedule 5.13(b) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by Holdings or by any such Subsidiary, subject to such changes as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other similar agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 5.13(c).
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5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.
(a) No proceeds of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of Regulation U and neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.
(b) No Loan Party (i) is a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” within the meaning of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
5.15 Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information concerning Holdings and the Subsidiaries and the Transactions, including the Confidential Information Memorandum and the Perfection Certificate, furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Transactions or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (taken as a whole, the “Information”), as of the date such Information was furnished (or, in the case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date), when taken as a whole contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projections, estimates, budgets and other forward-looking information concerning Holdings and the Subsidiaries furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Transactions or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (taken as a whole, the “Projections”), Holdings and Borrower represent and warrant only that such Projections were prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions in light of conditions existing at the time of preparation; it being understood that (a) such Projections are not to be viewed as facts, that actual results during the period or periods covered by such Projections may differ significantly from the projected or forecasted results and that such differences may be material and that such Projections are not a guarantee of financial performance and (b) no representation is made with respect to information of a general economic or general industry nature.
5.16 Compliance with Laws. Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries 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 applicable law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17 Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date, (a) the fair value of the properties of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
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contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged.
5.18 Intellectual Property Matters. Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all United States patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, technology, trade secrets, domain names, know-how and processes reasonably necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted (the “Intellectual Property”), except for those the failure to own or be licensed which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Borrower, no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property, nor to the knowledge of Borrower does the use of such Intellectual Property by each Loan Party infringe the rights of any Person, except, in each case, for such claims and infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.19 Security Documents.
(a) Security Agreement. The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable security interests in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Security Agreement Collateral (subject to any limitations specified therein and the limitations set forth in applicable law) and, (i) when financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of the Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control, the Liens created by the Security Agreement shall (to the extent provided therein) constitute perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors in the applicable Security Agreement Collateral (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected under the UCC as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction and Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the Security Agreement) other than Commercial Tort Claims specifically described on Schedule 13 of the Perfection Certificate (if any)), in each case subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.02.
(b) Copyright Office Filing. The recordation of the grant of a security interest in registered U.S. Copyrights (as defined in the Security Agreement) in the form attached to the Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, together with filings on Form UCC-1 made pursuant to the Security Agreement, will create, to the extent as may be perfected by such filings and recordation, a perfected First Priority security interest in such registered U.S. Copyrights covered by the Security Agreement, subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted in Section 7.02 (it being understood that subsequent filings may be necessary to perfect a security interest in registered copyrights acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date).
(c) Mortgages. Each Mortgage is effective to create and each Mortgage executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.09(c) shall be effective to create, in favor
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of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.02 or other Liens acceptable to the Collateral Agent, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified in the local counsel opinion delivered with respect thereto in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.09, the Mortgages shall (to the extent provided therein) constitute perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior in right to any other Person, other than Liens permitted by such Mortgage.
5.20 Use of Proceeds. Borrower will use the proceeds of (a) the Term Loans and up to $5,000,000 of Revolving Loans (together with the proceeds of the Equity Contribution and the offering and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, the funding of the senior subordinated bridge loan facility in lieu thereof)) to effect the Transactions and pay related fees and expenses, (b) the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans on and after the Closing Date for working capital, Capital Expenditures and general corporate purposes (including to effect Permitted Business Acquisitions) and (c) Incremental Term Loans to (i) finance Permitted Business Acquisitions, (ii) finance Capital Expenditures and/or (iii) repay outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Loans; provided that no proceeds from any Incremental Term Loans may be used to repay any Subordinated Indebtedness.
5.21 Acquisition Documents; Representations and Warranties in Acquisition Agreement. The Administrative Agent has been furnished true and complete copies of each Acquisition Document to the extent executed and delivered on or prior to the Closing Date. All representations and warranties set forth in the Acquisition Agreement (x) made by Holdings and (y) made by the Acquired Business (after giving effect to any amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications of the Acquisition Agreement prior to the Closing Date in accordance with this Agreement) are in each case true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (to the knowledge of Borrower and Holdings, in the case of the representations and warranties described in clause (y)).
5.22 Anti-Terrorism Law.
(a) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of their Affiliates is in violation of any applicable law relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Affiliate or broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is any of the following:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
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(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a Person that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked Person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.
(c) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in paragraph (b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
5.23 FCC Licenses, Etc. Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.23, Holdings and the Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, franchises, permits and other authorizations (“Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities, including, without limitation, Licenses from the FCC, necessary to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses in all material respects, and neither Holdings nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such License that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect; Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed in all material respects all of their respective obligations with respect to such Licenses, and no event has occurred that allows or, after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in or, after notice or lapse of time would result in, any other material impairment of the rights of the holders of any such License, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and none of such Licenses contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. There are no license renewal or rate or tariff proceedings existing or pending other than as set forth on Schedule 5.23.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain
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unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding or not otherwise provided for in full in a manner provided for herein or as otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer, Holdings shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 6.04 and Section 6.05) cause each Material Subsidiary to:
6.01 Existence; Businesses and Properties.
(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 7.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by any of Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any of Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided that a Subsidiary Guarantor may not be liquidated into a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.
(b) Do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to (i) obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, it being understood, however, that the expiration on February 17, 2009 of any and all Licenses from the FCC held by Holdings or by any of its Subsidiaries that authorize or that purport to authorize any Station to broadcast in the analog mode of transmission is required by Law, and the foregoing covenant shall not be construed to require any of the Loan Parties to take any action inconsistent with compliance with such requirement of Law, (ii) comply in all material respects with all material applicable Laws, rules, regulations (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Mortgaged Properties) and material judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, except to the extent the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).
6.02 Insurance.
(a) Maintain insurance by financially sound and reputable insurers to such extent, in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance; provided that Holdings and each Material Subsidiary may not obtain self-insurance with respect to flood insurance required pursuant to Section 6.02(b)) and against such risks as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
(b) With respect to each Mortgaged Property, obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably require, if at any time the area in which any improvements are located on any Mortgaged Property
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that is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.
(c) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 6.02, it is understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Agents, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 6.02, it being understood that (A) Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Agents, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of Holdings and Borrower hereby agree, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Agents, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and their agents and employees; and
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent under this Section 6.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.
6.03 Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
6.04 Financial Statements, Reports, Etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, a consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of their operations during such year, with all consolidated statements audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect) to the effect that such consolidated financial
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statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by Holdings of (i) financial information for such fiscal year that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-K if Holdings was required to file such form and (ii) the opinion of accountants referred to above shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(a));
(b) within 90 days after the end of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2006 and within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2006, a consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of Holdings and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings, on behalf of Holdings, as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Holdings and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by Holdings of (i) financial information for such period that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Form 10-Q if Holdings was required to file such form and (ii) the Officer’s Certificate referred to above shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(b));
(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of Holdings (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) commencing with the fiscal period ending December 31, 2006, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants (and in the case of a financial statement delivered under subsection (a), Section 7.10) and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under (a) above, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default under the Financial Performance Covenants (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC or distributed to its stockholders or other creditors generally, as applicable;
(e) if, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those as in effect on the Closing Date, the consolidated financial statements of Holdings and the Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such clauses had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to paragraph (a)
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and (b) above following such change, a schedule prepared by a Financial Officer on behalf of Holdings reconciling such changes to what the financial statements would have been without such changes;
(f) within 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, an operating and capital expenditure budget, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent prepared by Holdings for such fiscal year prepared in reasonable detail, of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of Holdings to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, the budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered thereby;
(g) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (which request shall not be made more than once in any 12-month period unless specifically provided otherwise in any of the Security Documents), deliver updated information reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (g) or Section 6.09(e);
(h) promptly, a copy of all final reports submitted to the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) of any of Holdings or any of the Material Subsidiaries in connection with any interim or special audit that is material made by independent accountants of the books of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries;
(i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and
(j) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of: (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the IRS with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for any Employee Benefit Plan; (iii) all notices received from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan or Multiemployer Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) or (d) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the Internet at its website address provided to the Administrative Agent; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide, if requested, to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of originally executed Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.04(c) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative
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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 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.
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “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 any Loan Party or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). Borrower may xxxx Borrower Materials that Borrower intends to be made available to Public Lenders clearly and conspicuously as “PUBLIC.” By designating Borrower Materials as “PUBLIC,” Borrower authorizes such Borrower Materials to be made available to a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor,” which is intended to contain only information that (x) prior to any public offering of securities by Borrower, is of a type that would be contained in a customary offering circular for an offering of debt securities made in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (y) following any public offering of securities by Borrower, is either publicly available or not material information (though it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and State securities laws.
6.05 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event, that together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(e) any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
6.06 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except
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where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any Persons designated by the Agents or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any Persons designated by the Agents or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and (subject to a senior officer of the respective company or a parent thereof being present) independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).
6.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of Loans and request issuances of Letters of Credit only in compliance with the representation contained in Section 5.20.
6.09 Further Assurances; Additional Mortgages.
(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) Subject to the terms of this Section 6.09, with respect to any property (other than Real Property) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by Holdings) of greater than $500,000 and that is acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (in each case other than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon the acquisition thereof), promptly (and in any event within 30 days after the acquisition thereof) (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on such property subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.02, and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Security Documents in accordance with all applicable law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
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(c) Promptly grant to the Collateral Agent, within 90 days of the acquisition thereof, a security interest in and Mortgage on each Real Property owned in fee by any Loan Party as is acquired by such Loan Party after the Closing Date and that, together with any improvements thereon, individually has a fair market value (as determined in good faith by Holdings) of at least $750,000 as additional security for the Secured Obligations (unless the subject property is already mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted by Section 7.02). Such Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of the Mortgages delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable perfected First Priority Liens subject to no other Liens except as are permitted by Section 7.02 or other Liens reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish and perfect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full.
(d) With respect to any Person that is or becomes a Material Subsidiary after the Closing Date, promptly (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity Interests, provided that (x) only 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a direct Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall be required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i) and (y) the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary shall not be required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i), (ii) cause such new Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not a Foreign Subsidiary, to execute joinder agreements to the Security Agreement, the Guaranty and the Barrington Guaranty (as defined in the SagamoreHill Facility), substantially in the forms annexed thereto, and (iii) to take all actions necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Liens created by the Security Agreements in such new Subsidiary Collateral to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent.
(e) In the case of Holdings, (i) furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure or (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number; provided that Holdings shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
(f) The provisions of this Section 6.09 need not be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interests or assets acquired after the Closing Date in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as (A) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests or assets and (B) such law or obligation existed at the
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time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such Equity Interests or assets in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Subsidiary or assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) that is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(i)).
6.10 Interest Rate Protection Agreements. In the case of Holdings, as promptly as practicable and in any event within 180 days after the Closing Date, enter into, and for a period of not less than two years after the Closing Date maintain in effect, one or more Swap Agreements, the effect of which is that at least 50% of Consolidated Debt will bear interest at a fixed or capped rate or the interest cost in respect of which will be fixed or capped, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable, taking into account current market conditions, to the Administrative Agent and with parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
6.11 Transfer of FCC Licenses. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within 90 days after the Closing Date, transfer all FCC licenses to the License Subsidiaries; provided that in the event that FCC approval has not been obtained for such transfer within such90-day period, such 90-day periodshall be extended until such time asFCC approval is obtained; provided, further, that Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain FCC approval for the transfer of all FCC Licenses to the License Subsidiaries within such 90-day period or as promptly as practicable thereafter.
6.12 Performance of Leases. With respect to each Lease, each Loan Party shall perform all the obligations imposed upon the landlord under such Lease and enforce all of the tenant’s obligations thereunder, except where the failure to so perform or enforce, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.13 Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports.
(a) Comply, and cause all lessees and other persons occupying Real Property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all Environmental Law and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and Real Property, obtain and renew all material Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and Real Property, and conduct all Responses required by, and in accordance with, Environmental Law, except where the failure to do any of the above, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
(b) If a Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 5.09(b) or Section 6.13(a) shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 30 days without Holdings or its Subsidiaries commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default in accordance with Environmental Law, at the written request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent, provide to the Lenders within 45 days after such request, at the expense of Borrower, an environmental assessment report regarding the matters which are the subject of such Default, including, where appropriate, soil and/or groundwater sampling, prepared by an environmental consulting firm and, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
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Agent and indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or Response to address them.
(c) Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall not use, store, handle or install nor permit to be used, stored, handled or installed at, in, on or under the Mortgaged Property any Hazardous Materials, other than in compliance with Environmental Law.
6.14 Fiscal Year. In the case of Holdings, cause its fiscal year to end on December 31 or on such other date as is consented to by the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Holdings covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and any other Obligations hereunder which are accrued and payable are paid or satisfied and all Letters of Credit have been canceled, have expired or have been provided for in full in a manner provided for herein or as otherwise is reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Holdings will not, nor will it cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
7.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices of Holdings and the Subsidiaries), except:
(a) (i) Indebtedness (other than under letters of credit) existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01(a) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness and (ii) Indebtedness under letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01(b), without giving effect to any extension, renewal or replacement thereof;
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
(c) Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, up to $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated bridge loans borrowed in lieu thereof) and the related Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees (including any notes and guarantees issued in exchange therefor in accordance with the registration rights agreement entered into on the Closing Date in connection therewith);
(d) Indebtedness of Holdings and the Subsidiaries pursuant to Swap Agreements permitted by Section 7.13;
(e) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification
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obligations to such Person; provided that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;
(f) Indebtedness of Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 7.04(b) and (ii) Indebtedness (the “Subordinated Intercompany Debt”) of any Specified Loan Party to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary shall be subordinated to the Obligations in the manner set forth in Exhibit L (it being agreed that such subordination provisions will not restrict the repayment of any such Subordinated Intercompany Debt other than when an Event of Default exists);
(g) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that (x) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within three Business Days of its incurrence and (y) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within 60 days from its incurrence;
(i) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or a corporation merged into or consolidated with Holdings or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case, exists at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at the time of, and after giving effect to, such acquisition, merger or consolidation, such assumption or such incurrence, as applicable (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (i) and paragraph (j) of this Section 7.01 and the Remaining Present Value of leases permitted under Section 7.03), would not exceed $10.0 million;
(j) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to paragraph (i) of this Section 7.01 and this paragraph (j) and the Remaining Present Value of leases permitted under Section 7.03) would not exceed $10.0 million;
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(k) Indebtedness arising from agreements of Holdings or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions or other acquisitions or dispositions permitted under this Agreement, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(l) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;
(m) Indebtedness consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take or pay or similar obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 7.03;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with Permitted Business Acquisitions;
(p) cash management obligations and Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;
(q) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor to future, present or former directors, officers, members of management, employees or consultants of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings permitted by Section 7.06;
(r) Indebtedness incurred by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor representing deferred compensation to employees of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(s) guarantees (i) by Borrower or any Guarantor of any other Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor expressly permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by Borrower or any Guarantor of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to the extent permitted by Section 7.04(b), (iii) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary subject, however, to Section 7.04(b); provided that all Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries may guarantee obligations of other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries under ordinary course cash management obligations, and (iv) by Holdings or Borrower of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01(a) or (u); provided that guarantees by Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 7.01(s) of any other Indebtedness of a Person that is subordinated to other
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Indebtedness of such Person shall be expressly subordinated to the Obligations to at least the same extent as the Indebtedness being guaranteed;
(t) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries for working capital purposes incurred in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000;
(u) other unsecured Indebtedness of Holdings or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (u) not in excess of $5.0 million;
(v) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described above; and
(w) guaranties of the obligations under the New SagamoreHill Facility by Holdings or any Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Holdings shall not be permitted to incur any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness under Sections 7.01(b), (s) and (w).
7.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any Person, including any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens on property or assets of Holdings and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and extensions, renewals and refinancings of such obligations permitted by Section 7.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of Holdings or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(i); provided that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, any such Lien is permitted, subject to compliance with clause (e) of the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”;
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(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 6.03;
(e) landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 45 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, Holdings or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings or any Subsidiary;
(g) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, easements, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings or any Subsidiary;
(i) security interests upon assets subject to Capital Lease Obligations permitted hereunder and purchase money security interests in equipment or other property or improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by Holdings or any Subsidiary (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(j) (including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), (ii) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 270 days after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such equipment or other property or improvements at the time of such acquisition (or construction), including transaction costs incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary in connection with such acquisition (or construction) and (iv) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of Holdings or any Subsidiary (other than to accessions to such equipment or other property or improvements); provided, further, that individual financings of equipment provided by a single lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided solely by such lender or any of its Affiliates;
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(j) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);
(k) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 7.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;
(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies (if any) delivered pursuant to Section 6.09 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are not prohibited by this Agreement;
(m) any interest, title, indebtedness or other encumbrances of a lessor on its fee interest or its landlord’s interest under any leases or subleases entered into by Holdings or any Subsidiary, as tenant, in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdings or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries, (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (iv) arising under or pursuant to general banking conditions;
(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights;
(p) licenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice;
(q) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(r) Liens on the assets of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that do not constitute Collateral and which secure Indebtedness of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (or of another Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) that is not otherwise secured by a Lien on the Collateral under the Loan Documents and that is permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01(a);
(s) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(t) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
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(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets of Holdings or any Subsidiary with an aggregate fair market value (valued at the time of creation thereof) of not more than $3.0 million at any time;
(v) Liens incurred by Holdings or any Subsidiary to secure the guaranties permitted under Section 7.01(w); and
(w) the filing of UCC financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, on Securities Collateral, other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and Liens permitted by Section 7.02(b), (e), (f) or (o).
7.03 Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”), provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted so long as at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Remaining Present Value of such lease (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (j) of Section 7.01 and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases previously entered into under this Section 7.03) would not exceed $10.0 million.
7.04 Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a Person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances (other than intercompany investments, loans or advances incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices of Holdings and the Subsidiaries) to or guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment in (each, an “Investment”), any other Person, except:
(a) guarantees by Holdings or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(b) (i) Investments by Holdings or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests, evidence of Indebtedness or other securities of Holdings or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from Holdings or any Subsidiary to Holdings or any Subsidiary; and (iii) guarantees by Holdings or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of Holdings or any Subsidiary; provided that the sum of (A) Investments (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, plus (B) intercompany loans after the Closing Date to Subsidiaries (other than Borrower) that are Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (ii), plus (C) guarantees of Indebtedness after the Closing Date of
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Subsidiaries that are Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (iii) (other than, in each case, to the extent such Investments, Loans or guarantees are made (1) by any subsidiary of Borrower that is a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or (2) by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in or to another Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to $2.0 million;
(c) Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(d) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.05 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(f) Investments arising out of the receipt by Holdings or any Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.05;
(g) (i) loans and advances to directors, officers, members of management, consultants and employees of Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof) and (ii) advances of payroll payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(h) accounts receivable arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.13;
(j) Investments existing on the Closing Date and Investments made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Closing Date, in each case to the extent set forth on Schedule 7.04 together with any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof;
(k) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Sections 7.02(g) and (h);
(l) Investments (which shall be deemed for this purpose to include mergers or consolidations) constituting a Permitted Business Acquisition not to exceed, in the aggregate, after the Closing Date, $50.0 million; provided that (i) the foregoing limitation shall not apply to such Permitted Business Acquisitions made with the proceeds of a substantially
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concurrent issuance of Equity Interests (excluding proceeds received as a result of the exercise of Cure Rights pursuant to Section 8.02) of Holdings, which proceeds are in turn contributed (as common equity) to Borrower and (ii) any Person acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisitions in excess of $50.0 million in the aggregate since the Closing Date shall have positive EBITDA (calculated in the same manner as applicable to Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the definition thereof) for the most recent four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available;
(m) additional Investments from time to time (including Permitted Business Acquisitions, subject to the limitations applicable thereto set forth in the proviso of clause (l) above) to the extent made with proceeds of Equity Interests (excluding proceeds received as a result of the exercise of Cure Rights pursuant to Section 8.02) of Holdings, which proceeds or Investments in turn are contributed (as common equity) to Borrower;
(n) the Transactions;
(o) intercompany loans between Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries and guarantees permitted by Sections 7.01(s)(i), (iii) and (iv);
(p) other Investments by Holdings or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed $8.0 million;
(q) guaranties by Holdings or any Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.01(w); and
(r) any Investment required under the SagamoreHill Time Brokerage Agreement; provided, that the aggregate amount of all such Investments made since the Closing Date shall not exceed $5.0 million.
7.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of Borrower or any Subsidiary or preferred Equity Interests of Holdings, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other Person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business by Holdings or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by Holdings or any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by Holdings or any Subsidiary, (iv) leases and subleases (including, but not limited to, tower site ground leases and tower space leases) in the ordinary course of business by Borrower or any Subsidiary or (v) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
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(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the merger of any Subsidiary of Borrower into Borrower in a transaction in which Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Guarantor and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no Person other than Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) the windup, liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if Holdings determines in good faith that such windup, liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of Holdings and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) sales, transfers, leases, issuances or other dispositions to Holdings or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any sales, transfers, leases, issuances or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary shall be made in compliance with Section 7.07; provided, further, that the aggregate gross proceeds of all sales, transfers, leases, issuances or other dispositions by Loan Parties to Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in reliance upon this paragraph (c) shall not exceed $500,000;
(d) Investments permitted by Section 7.04, Liens permitted by Section 7.02 and dividends and distributions permitted by Section 7.06;
(e) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(f) any merger or consolidation in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition that would satisfy the provisions of Section 7.04 if made as an Investment; provided that following any such merger or consolidation (i) involving Borrower, Borrower is the surviving corporation and (ii) involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(g) the Transactions;
(h) (A) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology or other intellectual property of Holdings or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (B) the abandonment or other disposition of any intellectual property that is no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries;
(i) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of Holdings and the Subsidiaries determined in good faith by the management of Holdings or Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.05(c);
(j) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.03;
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(k) voluntary terminations of Swap Contracts; and
(l) conveyances, sales, transfers, leases, subleases, assignments, issuances (to the extent of all of the Equity Interests in a Person then owned by Holdings and the Subsidiaries) or other dispositions not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.05; provided that (i) the Net Proceeds thereof, if any, are applied in accordance with Section 2.05(c) and (ii) the fair market value of the property proposed to be disposed of in such Asset Disposition, together with the fair market value of all such property subject to such conveyances, sales, transfers, leases, subleases, assignments, issuances or other dispositions pursuant to this Section 7.05(l) in the aggregate since the Closing Date, shall not exceed an amount equal to 30% of EBITDA for the period of eight consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings most recently ended as of the date of the proposed Asset Disposition for which financial statements are available divided by two (without giving effect to the proposed Asset Disposition); provided, further that, in the event of a conveyance, sale, transfer, assignment, issuance or other disposition of a Station pursuant to this Section 7.05(l), (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) Holdings and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such conveyance, sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition, with the Financial Performance Covenants as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.05 above, (i) no action shall be permitted that results in a Change of Control under clause (a) of the definition thereof, (ii) Holdings shall at all times own directly or indirectly 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens permitted under this Agreement, created by the Security Documents or arising by operation of Law), (iii) no sale, transfer, lease, issuance or other disposition shall be permitted by this Section 7.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases, issuances or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) hereof) unless such disposition is for fair market value and (iv) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (a) or (i) of this Section 7.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration or at least 75% of the consideration therefor constitutes assets used or useful in, or a controlling interest in a Person operating, a business or business activity permitted by Section 7.08; provided that for purposes of clause (iv), the amount of any secured Indebtedness or other Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (as shown on Holdings’ or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto), Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings that is assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed cash.
7.06 Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional shares of Equity Interests of the Person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any shares of any class of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose; provided, however, that:
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(a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and pay dividends to, repurchase its Equity Interests from or make other distributions to Borrower or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) (x) Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings and (y) Holdings may declare dividends or make other distributions to any Parent Company, in respect of (i) overhead liabilities of Holdings or such Parent Company, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses, (ii) reasonable fees and expenses related to any offering, financing, investment, disposition or acquisition permitted hereunder (whether or not successful) in connection with the business of Holdings or any Subsidiary and (iii) other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of the existence and ownership of Holdings or such Parent Company;
(c) Holdings may purchase or redeem (and Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings, the proceeds of which are used so to purchase or redeem) Equity Interests of Holdings (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) upon such Person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $1.0 million plus the amount of net cash proceeds (x) received by Holdings during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements, which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year and (y) of any key-man life insurance policies recorded during such calendar year;
(d) the foregoing shall not prohibit noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
(e) (I) (i) with respect to each tax year (or portion thereof) that Holdings qualifies as a Flow Through Entity, the distribution by Holdings to the holders of the Equity Interests of Holdings of an amount equal to the product of (A) the amount of aggregate net taxable income allocated by Holdings to the direct holders of the Equity Interests of Holdings for such period and (B) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period shall be permitted and (ii) with respect to any tax year (or portion thereof) that Holdings does not qualify as a Flow Through Entity and is part of a group filing consolidated or combined federal, state or local income tax returns of which a direct or indirect parent of Holdings is the common parent, the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect
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holders of Equity Interests of Holdings in amounts required for such holder to pay consolidated, combined or similar federal, state or local income taxes (as the case may be) imposed directly on such holder to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of Holdings and the Subsidiaries shall be permitted; provided, however, that in each case the amount of such payments in respect of any tax year does not exceed the amount that Holdings and the Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local income taxes (as the case may be) in respect of such year if Holdings and the Subsidiaries paid such taxes directly as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group) less any such taxes payable directly by Holdings or the Subsidiaries; and (II) Borrower may make distributions to Holdings to the extent Holdings may make distributions pursuant to Section 7.06(e)(I);
(f) payments may be made in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents as in effect on the Closing Date (whether made on the Closing Date or thereafter), including the distribution of any cash that remains on the balance sheet of Holdings on the Closing Date after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions; provided, however, that after giving effect to any such payment or distribution, in no event shall the aggregate contribution from the Equity Investors necessary to consummate the Acquisition be less than $60.3 million; and
(g) Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions to Holdings, and Holdings may in turn declare and pay dividends or make other distributions in a like amount; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of any such dividend or distribution or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto and (ii) the aggregate amount of dividends and other distributions made pursuant to this paragraph (g) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5.0 million.
7.07 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock or Equity Interests of Holdings, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to Holdings or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to (A) the payment to Sponsor and/or any other Permitted Investor of monitoring and management fees referred to in paragraph (c) below or fees payable on the Closing Date or (B) the indemnification of directors of Holdings, Borrower and the Subsidiaries in accordance with customary practice.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement,
(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings,
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(ii) loans or advances to employees of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.04(g),
(iii) transactions among Holdings and any Subsidiaries and transactions among Subsidiaries otherwise permitted by this Agreement,
(iv) the payment of fees and indemnities to directors, officers and employees of Holdings and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
(v) transactions pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.07 or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect,
(vi) any employment agreements entered into by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
(vii) dividends, redemptions and repurchases permitted under Section 7.06,
(viii) any purchase by a Permitted Investor of Equity Interests of Holdings or any contribution by Holdings to, or purchase by Holdings of, the equity capital of Borrower; provided that any Equity Interests of Borrower purchased by Holdings shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders,
(ix) payments by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries to Sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings, in good faith,
(x) subject to paragraph (c) below, the existence of, or the performance by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by Holdings, Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (x) to the extent that such amendment or new agreement is permitted by Section 7.09(b),
(xi) transactions with Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice,
(xii) any transaction in respect of which Holdings delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the board of managers of Holdings from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of Holdings qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to Holdings
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or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate,
(xiii) subject to paragraph (c) below, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions, including fees to Sponsor,
(xiv) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of equipment or services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice; and
(xv) transactions contemplated by the SagamoreHill Time Brokerage Agreement.
7.08 Business of Holdings and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, neither Holdings nor Borrower will, nor will cause or permit any of the Subsidiaries to, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than:
(a) in the case of Borrower and any Subsidiary, (i) any business or business activity conducted by it on the Closing Date and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including the consummation of the Transactions and (ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents;
(b) in the case of Holdings, (i) ownership of the Equity Interests in Borrower, together with activities directly related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents, (iii) actions incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (iv) the guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(w), (v) actions required by law to maintain its existence, (vi) the holding of cash in amounts reasonably required to pay for its own costs and expenses, (vii) owing and paying legal, registered office and auditing fees and (viii) the issuance of common Equity Interests; or
(c) in the case of each License Subsidiary, engage in holding licenses issued to it by the FCC and entering into arrangements with Borrower or other Subsidiaries to manage and operate the Stations authorized by such licenses under its direction and control, in each case to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
7.09 Limitation on Modifications, Prepayments and Certain Interest Payments.
(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement or limited liability company operating agreement of Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries.
(b) (i) Amend or modify any document governing Subordinated Indebtedness in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders or make any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or redemption as a result of
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any asset sale, change of control or similar event of, any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or (ii) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, the Management Agreement, other than amendments or modifications that are not in any matter materially adverse to the Lenders.
(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of any Indebtedness owed to or dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances by such Subsidiary to Holdings or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(B) contractual encumbrances and restrictions in any agreements related to any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of any Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;
(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(F) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(G) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(I) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any asset permitted under Section 7.05 pending the consummation of such sale; or
(J) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary.
7.10 Capital Expenditures. Permit Holdings or the Subsidiaries to make any Capital Expenditure, except that:
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(a) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make Capital Expenditures (including, without limitation, cash Investments permitted by Section 7.04(r)) not exceeding the amounts set forth below for the periods set forth below; provided that if the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made in any period shall be less than the maximum amount of Capital Expenditures permitted under this Section 7.10 for such period (before giving effect to any carryover), then an amount of such shortfall not exceeding the maximum amount may be added to the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted under this Section 7.10 for the immediately succeeding (but not any other) period:
Period |
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Amount |
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Closing Date - December 31, 2006 |
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$ |
4,000,000 |
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January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007 |
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$ |
4,750,000 |
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January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008 |
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$ |
5,500,000 |
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January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009 |
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$ |
4,750,000 |
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January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010 |
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$ |
4,750,000 |
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January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011 |
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$ |
4,750,000 |
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January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012 |
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$ |
4,750,000 |
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January 1, 2013 - Term Loan Maturity Date |
|
$ |
4,750,000 |
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; provided, however, that (x) if the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made in any fiscal year shall be less than the maximum amount of Capital Expenditures permitted under this Section 7.10 for such fiscal year (before giving effect to any carryover), then such shortfall may be added to the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted under this Section 7.10 for the immediately succeeding (but not any other) fiscal year and (y) in determining whether any amount is available for carryover, the amount expended in any fiscal year shall be deemed to be first, the amount of any carryover in respect of clause (x) of this proviso, and second, from the amount allocated to such fiscal year (without giving effect to any carryover).
(b) In addition to the Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to the preceding paragraph (a), Holdings and the Subsidiaries may make additional Capital Expenditures as follows: (i) $5.0 million during the period from the Closing Date through fiscal year 2007 for expenses related to automation, station builds and/or new newscasts and (ii) $2.0 million in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 for expenses relating to digital upgrades. It is understood that any unused amounts under clauses (i) and (ii) of this subsection (b) shall not carry over to any succeeding fiscal year.
7.11 Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the ratio (the “Interest Coverage Ratio”) on the last day of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period set forth below, of (a) EBITDA for the eight quarter period ended as of such day divided by two to (b) Cash Interest Expense for the four quarter period ended as of such day, to be less than the ratio set forth below for such period; provided that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Asset Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions for which a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 7.05 has been obtained), including the Transactions, or any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (excluding normal fluctuations of revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes)
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has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences:
Period |
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Ratio |
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December 31, 2006 - September 30, 2010 |
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1.20:1.00 |
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Thereafter |
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1.50:1.00 |
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7.12 Total Leverage Ratio. Permit the Total Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period set forth below, to be in excess of the ratio set forth below for such period:
Period |
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Ratio |
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December 31, 2006 - September 30, 2007 |
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9.50:1.00 |
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December 31, 2007 - September 30, 2008 |
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8.75:1.00 |
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December 31, 2008 - September 30, 2009 |
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7.50:1.00 |
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December 31, 2009 - September 30, 2011 |
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7.00:1.00 |
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Thereafter |
|
6.50:1.00 |
|
7.13 Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, other than (a) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which Holdings or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and (b) Swap Agreements entered into not for speculative purposes but in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest bearing liability or investment of Holdings or any Subsidiary.
7.14 Non-Material Subsidiaries. Permit, at any time, (a) the total assets of all Subsidiaries which are not Material Subsidiaries at the last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) to exceed 10% of the value of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date or (b) gross revenues of all Subsidiaries which are not Material Subsidiaries for such Test Period to exceed 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.
7.15 Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering.
(a) Directly or indirectly, (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in Section 5.22, (ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise knowingly engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 7.15).
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(b) Knowingly cause or permit any of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the Loans to be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the making of the Loans would be in violation of any applicable law.
7.16 Embargoed Person. Knowingly cause or permit (a) any of the funds or properties of the Loan Parties that are used to repay the Loans to constitute property of, or be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law (“Embargoed Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the “List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 etseq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 etseq., and any Executive Order or applicable Law promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by applicable Law, or the Loans made by the Lenders would be in violation of applicable Law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders or (b) any Embargoed Person to have any direct or indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by applicable Law or the Loans are in violation of applicable Law.
7.17 No Further Negative Pledge. Enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease which prohibits or limits the ability of Holdings or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or which requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for another obligation, except the following: (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (2) covenants in documents creating Liens permitted by Section 7.02 prohibiting further Liens on the properties encumbered thereby; (3) any other agreement that does not restrict in any manner (directly or indirectly) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents on any Collateral securing the Obligations and does not require the direct or indirect granting of any Lien securing any Indebtedness or other obligation by virtue of the granting of Liens on or pledge of property of any Loan Party to secure the Obligations; and (4) any prohibition or limitation that (a) exists pursuant to applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority, including any and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statues or case law, (b) consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 7.05 pending the consummation of such sale, (c) restricts subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of Borrower or a Subsidiary, (d) exists in any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or (e) is imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clause (3) or (4)(d); provided that such amendments and refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such prohibitions and limitations than those prior to such amendment or refinancing.
7.18 Finance Subsidiary. Finance Subsidiary may not hold any material properties, become liable for any material obligations, engage in any trade or business, or conduct any business activity, other than (1) the issuance of its Equity Interests to Borrower or any Wholly
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Owned Subsidiary of Borrower, (2) the incurrence of Indebtedness as a co-obligor or guarantor, as the case may be, of the Senior Subordinated Notes (or, alternatively, the senior subordinated bridge loan facility in lieu thereof), the Loan Documents and any other Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred by Borrower under the Loan Documents; provided that the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are retained by Borrower or loaned to or contributed as capital to one or more Subsidiaries other than Finance Subsidiary and (3) activities incidental thereto. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall engage in any transactions with Finance Subsidiary in violation of the immediately preceding sentence.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01 Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of Default”):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by Holdings, Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document, or any representation, warranty or material statement contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished by Holdings, Borrower or any other Loan Party;
(b) (i) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Advance when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise or (ii) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Advance or in the payment of any Fee (other than an amount referred to in (i)) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.01(a) (with respect to Holdings or Borrower), 6.06 (and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 10 Business Days), 6.09(d) or in Article VII;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to Holdings;
(e) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become
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due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or (ii) Holdings, Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided that this paragraph (e) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
(f) there shall have occurred a Change of Control;
(g) (i) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (A) relief in respect of Holdings, Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (B) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or (C) the winding-up or liquidation of Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (except, in the case of any Material Subsidiary, in a transaction permitted by Section 7.05); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or (ii) Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (B) seek, or consent to, the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (i) above, (C) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (D) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (E) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (F) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(h) the failure by Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments (not covered by insurance) aggregating in excess of $7.5 million, which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon any material assets or properties of Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(i) (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 a Material Adverse Effect or the imposition of a Lien or a security interest on any assets of Borrower or any Subsidiary under Sections 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Code or under Section
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4068 of ERISA in an amount in excess of $7.5 million, or (ii) 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 $7.5 million; or
(j) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are not immaterial to Holdings, Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Security Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer or (iii) the Guaranty pursuant to the Security Documents by Holdings or the Subsidiary Guarantors of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings or Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations for any reason other than satisfaction in full of all Obligations;
then, subject to Section 8.02, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Borrower described in paragraph (g) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (iii) require that Borrower Cash Collateralize pursuant to Section 2.03(g) the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof) and (iv) subject to Section 10.17, exercise, or direct the Collateral Agent to exercise, any or all rights and remedies under the Loan Documents; and in any event with respect to Borrower described in paragraph (g) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.03(g), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or limiting in any way the rights of the Lenders and the Agents under the Security Documents or otherwise under applicable law, and to the extent permitted by the FCC, at any time after the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default and a declaration pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall be entitled to apply for and have a receiver or receiver and manager appointed under state or federal law by a court of competent jurisdiction in any action taken by the Agents or the Lenders to enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and under the Loan Documents in order to manage, protect, preserve, sell and otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Collateral and continue the operation of the business of the Loan Parties, or any of them, and to collect all revenues and profits thereof and apply the same to the payment of all expenses and other charges of such receivership, including the compensation of the receiver, and to the payment of the Obligations until a sale or other disposition of such Collateral shall be finally made and consummated. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO OBJECT TO OR OTHERWISE CONTEST THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER AFTER THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT (AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY APPLICABLE GRACE PERIOD) AND ACCELERATION OF THE OBLIGATIONS, AS PROVIDED ABOVE. EACH LOAN PARTY GRANTS SUCH WAIVER AND CONSENT KNOWINGLY AFTER HAVING DISCUSSED THE IMPLICATIONS THEREOF WITH COUNSEL, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE UNCONTESTED RIGHT TO HAVE A RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSES IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL BY THE REQUIRED LENDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS AND REMEDIES HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH APPOINTMENT AS A REMEDY UNDER THE FOREGOING CIRCUMSTANCES WAS A MATERIAL FACTOR IN INDUCING THE LENDERS TO MAKE (AND COMMIT TO MAKE) THE LOANS TO BORROWER, AND AGREES TO ENTER INTO ANY AND ALL STIPULATIONS IN ANY LEGAL ACTIONS, OR AGREEMENTS OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING AND TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSUMPTION AND EXERCISE OF CONTROL BY THE RECEIVER OVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE COLLATERAL AND PROPERTY OF THE LOAN PARTIES. NO RIGHT CONFERRED UPON THE LENDERS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY OR BY ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE EXCLUSIVE OF ANY OTHER RIGHT REFERRED TO HEREIN OR THEREIN OR NOW OR HEREAFTER AVAILABLE AT LAW, IN EQUITY, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE.
8.02 Holdings’ Right To Cure.
(a) Financial Performance Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.01, in the event that Holdings fails to comply with the requirements of any Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the 15th day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Performance Covenant is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c), Holdings shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Holdings, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by
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Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right and request to the Administrative Agent to effect such recalculation, such Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:
(i) EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and
(ii) if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Holdings shall then be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial Performance Covenants, then Holdings shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of the Agreement.
(b) Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) in each four fiscal quarter period there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, and (b) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required to cause Borrower to be in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants.
8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.01 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in Section 8.01), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
(a) First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest but including documented fees, charges and out-of pocket disbursements of one lead counsel plus one local counsel in each jurisdiction in which a Loan Party is organized plus one regulatory counsel with respect to any regulatory matter to the Administrative Agent payable in accordance with the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their capacities as such;
(b) Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including documented fees, charges and out-of pocket disbursements of one lead counsel plus one local counsel in each jurisdiction in which a Loan Party is organized plus one regulatory counsel with respect to any regulatory matter to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer payable in accordance with the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause (b) payable to them;
(c) Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders
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and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (c) payable to them;
(d) Fourth, (i) to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and (ii) to payment of breakage, termination or other amounts owing in respect of any Swap Agreement between any Loan Party and any Secured Party, to the extent such Swap Agreement is permitted hereunder, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (d) held by them;
(e) Fifth, (i) to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit and (ii) to payment of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Secured Party;
(f) Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
(g) Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(g), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause (e) above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, delivered to Borrower.
ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
9.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article (other than Borrower’s consent right solely with respect to the appointment of a successor Agent under Section 9.06) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and Collateral 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 Collateral
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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 and Collateral 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 Holdings or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent shall 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 Agents:
(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 such 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 such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such 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 Holdings, Borrower or any of their Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
No Agent shall 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 such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent by Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
No Agent shall be responsible to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Related Parties 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 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 such Agent.
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9.04 Reliance by Agents. Each 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. Each 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, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Related Parties 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. Each 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 in its reasonable judgment. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of their duties and exercise their 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 each 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 the Agents.
9.06 Resignation of Agent. Each Agent may resign at any time upon written notice 30 Business Days prior to such resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Borrower, 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; provided that Borrower must consent to the appointment of any such successor Agent at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). 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 Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above in consultation with Borrower. Upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring 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 9.06). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its
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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 Agent.
9.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any 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 and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any 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, none of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer and Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as an Agent, a Lender, a Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.
9.09 Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, any Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on any Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured 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, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 10.04) 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 and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, 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 10.04.
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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 or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (or delivery of a reasonably acceptable backup letter of credit or cash collateral securing any reimbursement obligation with respect to such Letters of Credit), (ii) that is sold or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) owned by a Guarantor upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (c) below;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(j); and
(c) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of any other Indebtedness of Borrower unless and until such Guarantor is (or is being simultaneously) released from its guaranty with respect to such other Indebtedness.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s or Collateral Agent’s, as the case may be, authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Administrative Agent will, at Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and 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 purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.01) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that no amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant, Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction in the Commitments shall constitute an extension or increase in the Commitment of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date scheduled for payment of principal or interest or fees (it being understood that the waiver of any mandatory prepayment of the Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest) in any case, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document or change the form or currency of payment without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby (it being understood that any amendment, modification or waiver to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (c)); provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend Section 2.08(b) or to waive any obligation of Borrower to pay interest at the rates set forth therein;
(d) change Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(e) change any provision of this Section 10.01 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;
(f) other than in a transaction not prohibited by Section 7.05, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) increase the maximum duration of Interest Periods hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; or
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(h) except as otherwise provided in Section 9.10, release any Guarantor from the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by any Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification.
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 (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by this Section 10.01, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then Borrower shall have the right to replace all non-consenting Lenders required to obtain such consent with one or more Eligible Assignees in accordance with Section 10.13, so long as at the time of such replacement each such new Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, without the consent of any other Person, the applicable Loan Party or Parties and the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent may (in its or their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Borrower (a) to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders, (b) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and Revolving
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Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (c) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche hereunder (“Replacement Term Loans”), but only if (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Replacement Term Loans does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Rate for the Replacement Term Loans is not higher than the Applicable Rate for the Refinanced Term Loans, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of the Replacement Term Loans is not shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of the refinancing and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans are substantially similar to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Borrower requests that this Agreement be modified or amended in a manner that would require the unanimous consent of all of the Lenders and such modification or amendment is agreed to by the Required Lenders, then with the consent of Borrower and the Required Lenders, Borrower and the Required Lenders shall be permitted to amend this Agreement without the consent of the Lender or Lenders that did not agree to the modification or amendment requested by Borrower (such Lender or Lenders, collectively, the “Minority Lenders”) to provide for (i) the termination of the Commitment of each of the Minority Lenders, (ii) the addition to this Agreement of one or more other financial institutions (each of which shall be an Eligible Assignee), or an increase in the Commitment of one or more of the Required Lenders (with the written consent thereof), so that the total Commitment after giving effect to such amendment shall be in the same amount as the total Commitment immediately before giving effect to such amendment, (iii) if any Loans are outstanding at the time of such amendment, the making of such additional Loans by such new financial institutions or Required Lender or Lenders, as the case may be, as may be necessary to repay in full, at par, the outstanding Loans of the Minority Lenders immediately before giving effect to such amendment and (iv) such other modifications to this Agreement as may be appropriate to effect the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).
10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(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 facsimile 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, the Syndication Agent or the Documentation Agent, to the
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address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile 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 facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone (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 and the L/C Issuer 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 or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or Borrower may, in their 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 and Borrower otherwise agree, 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.
(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 BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM 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 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 any Loan Party, any Lender or the L/C Issuer for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of 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
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are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable 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 any Loan Party, any Lender or the L/C Issuer for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages). This Section 10.02(c) shall not give rise to any claim for indemnification or reimbursement by any Loan Party.
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Borrowing or Conversion Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of 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. Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer, 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 Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder 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 are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable documented fees, charges and out-of-pocket disbursements of one lead counsel plus one local counsel in each jurisdiction in which a Loan Party is organized plus one regulatory counsel with respect to any regulatory matter for the Agents), 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 and documented expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 10.04, including all such
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out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify each Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any 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, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any property owned, leased or operated by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or threatened 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 any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or the respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and trustees of such Indemnitee or its Affiliates or result from a claim brought by Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction and provided further that Article III (instead of this Section 10.04) shall govern indemnity with respect to the matters addressed in such Article (including, without limitation, Taxes).
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 10.04 to be paid by it to each Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (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 the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Collateral Agent, or L/C Issuer 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. Except as provided in Section 10.02(c), 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 by it 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, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date) except to the extent any Indemnitee is required to pay any such damages to a third party.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable promptly after receipt of an invoice setting forth such amounts in reasonable detail.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Borrower is made to any Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or any Agent, the L/C Issuer 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 any Agent, the L/C Issuer 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 and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to each Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by such 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 and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
10.06 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, other than connection with a merger permitted under Section 7.05, Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder 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 Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 10.06, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section 10.06, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section 10.06, or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this Section 10.06 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be
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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, the L/C Issuer 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 Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it; provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Revolving Loans outstanding thereunder) or the principal outstanding balance of the Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment, is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1.0 million with respect to Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans or Revolving Loan Commitments and Revolving Loans unless, in each case, each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, 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;
(ii) 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, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing Line Loans and shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among Commitments and Loans of any Class, on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) any assignment of a Revolving Loan Commitment or a Revolving Loan must be approved by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Revolving Loan Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee);
(iv) 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 10.06, and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
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(v) the assigning Lender shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to Borrower or the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall deliver such Notes to Borrower).
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 Eligible 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 hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, and surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver the applicable 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 subsection (d) of this Section 10.06.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of 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 and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error, and Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall 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 Borrower and the L/C Issuer at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or the Administrative Agent sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or Holdings or Holdings’ 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 (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans, if applicable) 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) Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that such Lender may agree that it will not, without the consent of such Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described Section 10.01(b), (c) and (d) to the extent affecting such Participant.
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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 the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; 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 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and obligations of those Sections, including the timely delivery of forms pursuant to Section 3.01(e)) to the same extent as if it were the relevant Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 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 Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that, for purposes of this clause (f), entering into this Agreement or other Loan Document shall not be construed as providing such consent.
(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(s), 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) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is required under Section 2.12(b)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.01 or 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that,
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prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Loan Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may (i) upon 30 days’ written notice to Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ written notice to Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Revolving Loan Lenders (with the consent of the applicable Revolving Loan Lender) a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that if (i) Borrower shall not have so appointed any such successor within the 30-day period following Bank of America’s notice of resignation, or (ii) Bank of America shall have resigned as Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.06, Bank of America may appoint such successor. Any such resignation shall be effective upon the appointment (with the consent of the applicable Revolving Loan Lender) of a successor. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Revolving Loan Lenders to make Base Rate Revolving Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Revolving Loan Lenders to make Base Rate Revolving Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer 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 on a “need to know” basis in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and shall have agreed or otherwise be obligated to maintain its confidentiality), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, unless prohibited by any Law, shall use reasonable efforts to notify Borrower in advance of any disclosure pursuant to this clause (c) but only to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances and on the understanding that neither the Administrative Agent nor any
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Lender shall incur any liability for failure to give such notice, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in order to enforce its rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (f) subject to an agreement for the benefit of Borrower containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.07, 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 Agreement with Holdings or any Subsidiary, (g) with the consent of Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.07 or (y) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than any Loan Party or their Subsidiaries and Affiliates.
For purposes of this Section 10.07, “Information” means all information received from Holdings or any Subsidiary relating to Holdings or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or any Subsidiary.
10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, 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, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any other Loan Party other than deposits held in a custodial, trust or other fiduciary capacity against any and all of the obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section 10.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify 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.
10.09 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 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 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
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unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
10.10 Counterparts; Integration; 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. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent 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.
10.11 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 or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
10.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.13 Replacement of Lenders. If (i) Borrower becomes obligated to pay additional amounts to any Lender under Section 3.04, (ii) Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to or for the account of any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, (iii) a Lender does not consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that requires unanimous consent of all affected Lenders and that has been approved by the Required Lenders as provided in Section 10.01, (iv) any Lender delivers a notice pursuant to Section 3.02 with respect to circumstances that do not affect the other Lenders hereunder, or (v) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent (x) terminate the Commitments of such Lender and repay all obligations of Borrower owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date or (y) require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that is acceptable to Borrower and shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
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(a) Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b) (unless the Administrative Agent waives such fee);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of and premium (if any) on its Loans and L/C Advances, 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); and
(c) 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 Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
10.14 Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS PRINCIPLES OR RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 SUCH STATE, 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 NEW YORK 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 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 ANY PARTY HERETO MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
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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 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES 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.
10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies 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 “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the names and addresses of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
10.17 FCC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents, neither the Lenders nor their agents will take any action pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents that would constitute or result in any assignment of the Licenses issued by the FCC or any transfer of control thereof within the meaning of Section 310(d) of the Communications Act or other Communications Law if such assignment of license or transfer of control would require the prior approval of the FCC without first obtaining such approval of the FCC. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent specifically agree, to the extent required by Communications Law, that (a) voting rights in the capital stock of Holdings, Borrower and any Subsidiary will remain with the holders of such voting rights upon and following the occurrence of an Event of Default until any required prior approvals of the FCC to the transfer of such voting rights shall have been obtained; (b) upon and following the occurrence of any
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Event of Default and foreclosure upon the capital stock of Holdings, Borrower or any Subsidiary by the Lenders or their agents, there will be either an arm’s length private or public sale of such capital stock (to the extent required under then existing law); and (c) prior to the exercise of stockholder rights by the purchaser at any such sale, the prior consent of the FCC pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act will be obtained.
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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.
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BARRINGTON BROADCASTING |
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GROUP LLC, |
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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BARRINGTON BROADCASTING, LLC, |
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as Parent Guarantor |
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/s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxxx |
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Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., |
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Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL |
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as a Lender and Syndication Agent |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION, |
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COMMERICA BANK |
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SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
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Bank of America, N.A. |
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134,000,000 |
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Wachovia Bank, National Association |
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7,750,000 |
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1,500,000 |
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CIT Lending Services Corporation |
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7,500,000 |
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10,000,000 |
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Comerica Bank |
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2,000,000 |
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2,000,000 |
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Total |
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25,000,000 |
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147,500,000 |
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SCHEDULE 10.02
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE;
CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
BORROWER:
Barrington Broadcasting Group LLC
c/o The Pilot Group LP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Copies of material notices, including notices of any Default (which shall not constitute a notice for purposes of Section 10.02), to:
Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Administrative Agent’s Office
(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):
Bank of America, N.A.
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: NC1-001-04-39
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Renyette Xxxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Account No.: 1366212250600
Ref: Barrington Broadcasting
ABA# 000000000
Financial Statements, Other Information for Distribution to Lenders and Other Notices as Administrative Agent:
Bank of America, N.A.
Agency Management
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Mail Code: CA5-701-05-19
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
with a copy to:
Bank of America, N.A.
Charlotte PM Office
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: NC1-007-17-15
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
SVP, Portfolio Manager
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxx.x.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Copies of material notices, including notices of any Default (which shall not constitute a notice for purposes of Section 10.02), to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
L/C ISSUER:
Bank of America, N.A.
0 Xxxxx Xxx
Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30
Xxxxxxxx XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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SYNDICATION AGENT:
Wachovia Bank, National Association
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
DOCUMENTATION AGENT:
CIT Lending Services Corporation
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Vice President and Asst. Chief Counsel, Communication, Media and Entertainment Finance Group
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
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SCHEDULE 10.06
PROCESSING AND RECORDATION FEES
The Administrative Agent will charge a processing and recordation fee (an “Assignment Fee”) in the amount of $3,500 for each assignment; provided, however, such Assignment Fee shall be waived in connection with any assignment by a Lender to an Approved Fund of such Lender; provided, further, that in the event of two or more concurrent assignments to members of the same Assignee Group (which may be effected by a suballocation of an assigned amount among members of such Assignee Group) or two or more concurrent assignments by members of the same Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group), the Assignment Fee will be $3,500 plus the amount set forth below:
Transaction |
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Additional |
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First four concurrent assignments or suballocations to members of an Assignee Group (or from members of an Assignee Group, as applicable) |
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-0- |
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Each additional concurrent assignment or suballocation to a member of such Assignee Group (or from a member of such Assignee Group, as applicable) |
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$ |
500 |
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